diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e93858a..3e1a486 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   module will be called in a deterministic order.
 
 - Issue #18747: Re-seed OpenSSL's pseudo-random number generator after fork.
-  A pthread_atfork() parent handler is used to seeded the PRNG with pid, time
+  A pthread_atfork() parent handler is used to seed the PRNG with pid, time
   and some stack data.
 
 - Issue #8865: Concurrent invocation of select.poll.poll() now raises a
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index 1839dc0..5ddbb1d 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@
 /* Seed OpenSSL's PRNG at fork(), http://bugs.python.org/issue18747
  *
  * The parent handler seeds the PRNG from pseudo-random data like pid, the
- * current time (miliseconds or seconds) and an uninitialized arry.
+ * current time (miliseconds or seconds) and an uninitialized array.
  * The array contains stack variables that are impossible to predict
  * on most systems, e.g. function return address (subject to ASLR), the
  * stack protection canary and automatic variables.
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@
  * Note:
  * The code uses pthread_atfork() until Python has a proper atfork API. The
  * handlers are not removed from the child process. A parent handler is used
- * instead of a child handler because fork() is suppose to be async-signal
+ * instead of a child handler because fork() is supposed to be async-signal
  * safe but the handler calls unsafe functions.
  */