diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 21557eda..769eb44b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ shadow-4.0.7 -> shadow-4.0.8						26-04-2005
   fchmod() is executed. (Actually, we could also pass the final "mode" to
   the open() call and then save the consequent fchmod().)
 - SELinux changes: added changes in chage, chfn, chsh, passwd for allow
-  construct more grained user password/accuunt properties on SELinux
+  construct more grained user password/account properties on SELinux
   policies level. Patch originally based on RH changes (submited by Chris
   PeBenito <pebenito@gentoo.org>),
 - added SELinux changes: in libmisc/copydir.c (based on Fedora patch),
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ shadow-4.0.1 => shadow-4.0.2						 17-02-2002
 - resolve many fuzzy translations also all this which may cause problems on
   displaing long uid/gid,
 - allow use "$" on ending in cereated by useradd usermname accounts for allow
-  create machine acounts for samba (thanks to Jerome Borsboom
+  create machine accounts for samba (thanks to Jerome Borsboom
   <borsboom@tch.fgg.eur.nl> for point this problem in 4.0.1),
 - fix small but ugly bug in configure.in in libpam_mics library detection.