diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
index 66d2c6b69a..1688687948 100644
--- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
                                 container once with
                                 <literal>guest</literal> or
                                 <literal>host</literal> will link the
-                                journal persistantly if further one
+                                journal persistently if further one
                                 the default of <literal>auto</literal>
                                 is used.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/journal/journald-kmsg.c b/src/journal/journald-kmsg.c
index 284ace984d..4f5e7a0c52 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-kmsg.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-kmsg.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ int server_open_kernel_seqnum(Server *s) {
 
         /* We store the seqnum we last read in an mmaped file. That
          * way we can just use it like a variable, but it is
-         * persistant and automatically flushed at reboot. */
+         * persistent and automatically flushed at reboot. */
 
         fd = open("/run/systemd/journal/kernel-seqnum", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_CLOEXEC|O_NOCTTY|O_NOFOLLOW, 0644);
         if (fd < 0) {