diff --git a/tokio/src/lib.rs b/tokio/src/lib.rs
index e617ec015..66fd79759 100644
--- a/tokio/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/lib.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 //! [blocking]: task/index.html#blocking-and-yielding
 //!
 //! The [`tokio::sync`] module contains synchronization primitives to use when
-//! need to communicate or share data. These include:
+//! needing to communicate or share data. These include:
 //!
 //! * channels ([`oneshot`], [`mpsc`], and [`watch`]), for sending values
 //!   between tasks,
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/mod.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/mod.rs
index 9fb57e14a..11c8d6b7e 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/mod.rs
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ impl Runtime {
     /// scheduler] is used, while if only the `rt-core` feature is enabled, the
     /// [basic scheduler] is used instead.
     ///
-    /// If the threaded cheduler is selected, it will not spawn
+    /// If the threaded scheduler is selected, it will not spawn
     /// any worker threads until it needs to, i.e. tasks are scheduled to run.
     ///
     /// Most applications will not need to call this function directly. Instead,