diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 6896949..235f34b 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Language Changes
 * defmacro will raise an error on &kwonly, &kwargs and &key arguments
 * Keyword argument labels to functions are required to be strings
 * slice replaced with cut to stop overloading the python built-in
-* removed reduntant throw, catch, progn, defun, lisp-if, lisp-if-not,
+* removed redundant throw, catch, progn, defun, lisp-if, lisp-if-not,
   filterfalse, true, false and nil
 * global now takes multiple arguments
 * Nonlocal keyword (Python 3 only)
diff --git a/docs/language/api.rst b/docs/language/api.rst
index 34babee..2c4a0ac 100644
--- a/docs/language/api.rst
+++ b/docs/language/api.rst
@@ -1957,7 +1957,7 @@ with/a
 ------
 
 ``with/a`` behaves like ``with``, but is used to wrap the execution of
-a block within a asynchronous context manager. The context manager can
+a block within an asynchronous context manager. The context manager can
 then set up the local system and tear it down in a controlled manner
 asynchronously.