diff --git a/runtime/syntax/st.vim b/runtime/syntax/st.vim
index 8160c77..ffa7820 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/st.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/st.vim
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 syn case ignore
 
-" the symols prefixed by a '#'
+" the symbols prefixed by a '#'
 syn match  stSymbol	"\(#\<[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*\>\)"
 syn match  stSymbol	"\(#'[^']*'\)"
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 syn case match
 
-" a try to higlight paren mismatches
+" a try to highlight paren mismatches
 syn region stParen	transparent start='(' end=')' contains=ALLBUT,stParenError
 syn match  stParenError	")"
 syn region stBlock	transparent start='\[' end='\]' contains=ALLBUT,stBlockError