diff --git a/man/hstr.1 b/man/hstr.1
index 5b448e2..43547af 100644
--- a/man/hstr.1
+++ b/man/hstr.1
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ uses shell history to provide suggest box like functionality
 for commands used in the past. By default it parses .bash-history
 file that is filtered as you type a command substring. Commands 
 are not just filtered, but also ordered by a ranking algorithm
-that considers number of occurences, length and timestamp. 
+that considers number of occurrences, length and timestamp. 
 Favorite and frequently used commands can be bookmarked. In addition
 \fBhstr\fR allows removal of commands from history - for instance with a typo 
 or with a sensitive content.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Toggle regular expression and substring search.
 Toggle case sensitive search.
 .TP 
 \fBCtrl\-/\fR, \fBCtrl\-7\fR
-Rotate view of history as provided by bash, ranked history ordered by the number of occurences/length/timestamp and favorites.
+Rotate view of history as provided by bash, ranked history ordered by the number of occurrences/length/timestamp and favorites.
 .TP 
 \fBCtrl\-f\fR
 Add currently selected command to favorites.