diff --git a/lisp/ob-eval.el b/lisp/ob-eval.el
index 17e2162d5..84f0f0011 100644
--- a/lisp/ob-eval.el
+++ b/lisp/ob-eval.el
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 (defun org-babel-eval (cmd body)
   "Run CMD on BODY.
-If CMD succeeds then return it's results, otherwise display
+If CMD succeeds then return its results, otherwise display
 STDERR with `org-babel-eval-error-notify'."
   (let ((err-buff (get-buffer-create "*Org-Babel Error*")) exit-code)
     (with-current-buffer err-buff (erase-buffer))
diff --git a/lisp/ob-org.el b/lisp/ob-org.el
index 04cfaee1b..40ff8a018 100644
--- a/lisp/ob-org.el
+++ b/lisp/ob-org.el
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ This function is called by `org-babel-execute-src-block'."
       (org-load-modules-maybe)
       (unless org-local-vars
 	(setq org-local-vars (org-get-local-variables)))
-      (eval ;; convert to fmt -- mimicing `org-run-like-in-org-mode'
+      (eval ;; convert to fmt -- mimicking `org-run-like-in-org-mode'
        (list 'let org-local-vars 
 	     (list (intern (concat "org-export-as-" fmt))
 		   nil nil nil ''string t))))))