diff --git a/dist/tools/tunslip/README.md b/dist/tools/tunslip/README.md
index 3b3067b1e6b263a37329d14a6f35ecbc268ad2d6..26cb27c65a2720892090a4ab8697fa5617329693 100644
--- a/dist/tools/tunslip/README.md
+++ b/dist/tools/tunslip/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The module `gnrc_slip` (Serial line IP) enables the RIOT network stack to
 communicate IP packets over the serial interface. This collection of tools
 originally from Contiki [1] enables Linux to interpret this data. Though there
 is a tool for such operations on Linux (`slattach`) it is only able to handle
-IPv4 packages and is unnessarily complicated.
+IPv4 packages and is unnecessarily complicated.
 
 # Installation
 Just install them using
diff --git a/dist/tools/vagrant/README.md b/dist/tools/vagrant/README.md
index bdc7409cec692e99b64cfc861bf067d8b5d5c6ea..3f07d851a12e22519b2519c891830c4cebb4559e 100644
--- a/dist/tools/vagrant/README.md
+++ b/dist/tools/vagrant/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 This repository includes a [Vagrantfile](https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/master/Vagrantfile)
 to create and control a Linux virtual machine based on an Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) image that contains
 all necessary toolchains and dependencies to build and flash compatible devices with RIOT.
-The advantage of using this VM is to have a reproducable, portable and even disposable environment
+The advantage of using this VM is to have a reproducible, portable and even disposable environment
 that can be used to develop for RIOT with decreased setup times and without the requirement of
 making changes to the underlying host system.