diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7
index 698673c5a..2f3e6391f 100644
--- a/man7/bootparam.7
+++ b/man7/bootparam.7
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ The parameter indicates the highest addressable RAM address, so
 For a 96MB machine this would be `mem=0x6000000'.
 
 NOTE NOTE NOTE: some machines might use the top of memory for BIOS
-cacheing or whatever, so you might not actually have up to the full
+caching or whatever, so you might not actually have up to the full
 96MB addressable.
 The reverse is also true: some chipsets will map
 the physical memory that is covered by the BIOS area into the area
diff --git a/man8/nscd.8 b/man8/nscd.8
index bb89d0e11..f66b3c083 100644
--- a/man8/nscd.8
+++ b/man8/nscd.8
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ determines the behavior of the cache daemon.
 See
 .BR nscd.conf (5).
 
-Nscd provides cacheing for accesses of the
+Nscd provides caching for accesses of the
 .BR passwd (5),
 .BR group (5),
 and