diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh b/common/recipes-phosphor/initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh
index c91f5ef..d3c8835 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 			kill -9 $wd
 			if test -n "$wdrst"
 			then
-				echo Reseting watchdog timeouts to $wdrst
+				echo Resetting watchdog timeouts to $wdrst
 				watchdog $wdrst -F /dev/watchdog &
 				sleep 1
 				# Kill the watchdog daemon, setting a timeout
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/initfs/files/obmc-update.sh b/common/recipes-phosphor/initfs/files/obmc-update.sh
index f0c41a7..278cd41 100755
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/initfs/files/obmc-update.sh
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/initfs/files/obmc-update.sh
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 	m=$(findmtd ${f#$image})
 	if test -z "$m"
 	then
-		echoerr "Unable to find mtd partiton for ${f##*/}."
+		echoerr "Unable to find mtd partition for ${f##*/}."
 		exit 1
 	fi
 	if test -n "$checksize" && toobig "$f" "$m"