diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ recipes. Additional more detailed example recipes are stored under [debos-recipe
 ## Environment variables
 
 debos reads a predefined list of environment variables from the host and
-propagates them to the fakemachine build environemnt. The set of
+propagates them to the fakemachine build environment. The set of
 environment variables is defined by `environ_vars` in
 `cmd/debos/debos.go`. Currently the list of environment variables includes
 the proxy environment variables documented at:
diff --git a/doc/man/debos.1 b/doc/man/debos.1
index bc4575d..41dba10 100644
--- a/doc/man/debos.1
+++ b/doc/man/debos.1
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ https://github.com/go-debos/debos-recipes
 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 .PP
 debos reads a predefined list of environment variables from the host and
-propagates them to the fakemachine build environemnt.
+propagates them to the fakemachine build environment.
 The set of environment variables is defined by \f[V]environ_vars\f[R] in
 \f[V]cmd/debos/debos.go\f[R].
 Currently the list of environment variables includes the proxy