diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9dec237..520af23 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libsyslog0 (= ${binary:Version})
 Conflicts: bsdutils
 Description: enter messages into the system log
- This version of logger is receommended for use with sysklogd.
+ This version of logger is recommended for use with sysklogd.
  It makes use of the new syslogp() API for RFC5424 style logs,
  e.g. MSGID, strucutred data (SD), etc.
  .
diff --git a/man/syslog.conf.5 b/man/syslog.conf.5
index cdc131e..41fb86e 100644
--- a/man/syslog.conf.5
+++ b/man/syslog.conf.5
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ including the main file itself and compressed files kept.  The size
 argument takes the same modifiers as the
 .Xr syslogd 8
 command line option,
-.Fl R .
+.Fl r .
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 # Log all messages, including kernel, to the messages file rotate it
 # every 100 kiB and keep up to 10 aged out, and compressed, files.