diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl-web.scm b/gnu/packages/perl-web.scm
index c134edc61c8..0e870dfa515 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl-web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl-web.scm
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ side.")
      (description
       "This package provides an old GeoIP database in the legacy @file{.dat}
 format.  The data was collected before MaxMind changed the license and format
-of their databases.  It is intended only as a compatability package for
+of their databases.  It is intended only as a compatibility package for
 SpamAssassin.")
      (license license:cc-by-sa4.0))))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index 13d9db99591..21ba0c94636 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -12078,11 +12078,11 @@ by modifying the @code{seek()} and @code{tell()} calls.")
                 "1a9jxhg1jl5rcxnhcmgadl3wcznzjihwxgd1chgcmxqk2jszn4ym"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (home-page "https://metacpan.org/release/Tie-Hash-Method")
-    (synopsis "Tied hash with specific methods overriden by callbacks")
+    (synopsis "Tied hash with specific methods overridden by callbacks")
     (description
      "@code{Tie::Hash::Method} provides a way to create a tied hash with
-specific overriden behaviour without having to create a new class to do it.  A
-tied hash with no methods overriden is functionally equivalent to a normal
+specific overridden behaviour without having to create a new class to do it.  A
+tied hash with no methods overridden is functionally equivalent to a normal
 hash.")
     (license (package-license perl))))