diff --git a/docs/becomingbig.rst b/docs/becomingbig.rst
index 82d8c4a0..c3c4a0b6 100644
--- a/docs/becomingbig.rst
+++ b/docs/becomingbig.rst
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ scale applications:
     also requires that the whole application is imported when the system
     initializes or certain URLs will not be available right away.   A
     better solution would be to have one module with all URLs in there and
-    specifing the target functions explictly or by name and importing
+    specifing the target functions explicitly or by name and importing
     them when needed.
 -   switch to explicit request object passing.  This makes it more to type
     (because you now have something to pass around) but it makes it a
     whole lot easier to debug hairy situations and to test the code.
--   integrate the `Babel`_ i18n package or `SQLAlchemy`_ directl into the
+-   integrate the `Babel`_ i18n package or `SQLAlchemy`_ directly into the
     core framework.
 
 .. _Babel: http://babel.edgewall.org/