diff --git a/runtime/tools/shtags.1 b/runtime/tools/shtags.1
index 314df88..0a13802 100644
--- a/runtime/tools/shtags.1
+++ b/runtime/tools/shtags.1
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 .IP "\fB-s <shell>\fP"
 The name of the shell used by the script(s). By default,
 \fBshtags\fP tries to work out which is the appropriate shell for each
-file individually by looking at the first line of each file. This wont
+file individually by looking at the first line of each file. This won't
 work however, if the script starts as a bourne shell script and tries
 to be clever about starting the shell it really wants.
 .b
diff --git a/runtime/tools/xcmdsrv_client.c b/runtime/tools/xcmdsrv_client.c
index c0a60d2..e1aea10 100644
--- a/runtime/tools/xcmdsrv_client.c
+++ b/runtime/tools/xcmdsrv_client.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
 	    /*
 	     * Didn't recognize this thing.  Just skip through the next
 	     * null character and try again.
-	     * Also, throw away commands that we cant process anyway.
+	     * Also, throw away commands that we can't process anyway.
 	     */
 
 	    while (*p != 0)