diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index 960dab1a60..89a9c92db7 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ oe_mkext234fs () {
 	bbdebug 1 Executing "dd if=/dev/zero of=${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.$fstype seek=$ROOTFS_SIZE count=$COUNT bs=1024"
 	dd if=/dev/zero of=${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.$fstype seek=$ROOTFS_SIZE count=$COUNT bs=1024
 	bbdebug 1 "Actual Rootfs size:  `du -s ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}`"
-	bbdebug 1 "Actual Partion size: `stat -c '%s' ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.$fstype`"
+	bbdebug 1 "Actual Partition size: `stat -c '%s' ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.$fstype`"
 	bbdebug 1 Executing "mkfs.$fstype -F $extra_imagecmd ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.$fstype -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}"
 	mkfs.$fstype -F $extra_imagecmd ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.$fstype -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}
 	# Error codes 0-3 indicate successfull operation of fsck (no errors or errors corrected)
diff --git a/scripts/runqemu-addptable2image b/scripts/runqemu-addptable2image
index ca29427258..87a8da3a63 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu-addptable2image
+++ b/scripts/runqemu-addptable2image
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Add a partion table to an ext2 image file
+# Add a partition table to an ext2 image file
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2006-2007 OpenedHand Ltd.
 #