diff --git a/man7/fanotify.7 b/man7/fanotify.7
index 083244f33..e5549d6bc 100644
--- a/man7/fanotify.7
+++ b/man7/fanotify.7
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ If files or directories are renamed or moved, the respective entries survive.
 If files or directories are deleted or mounts are unmounted, the corresponding
 entries are deleted.
 .SS The event queue
-As events occur on the filesystem objects monitired by a notification group,
+As events occur on the filesystem objects monitored by a notification group,
 the fanotify system generates events that are collected in a queue.
 These events can then be read (using
 .BR read (2)
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ The bit mask in
 .I mask
 signals which events have occurred for a single filesystem object.
 Multiple bits may be set in this mask,
-if more than one event occurred for the monitored filesystem obect.
+if more than one event occurred for the monitored filesystem object.
 In particular,
 consecutive events for the same filesystem object and originating from the
 same process may be merged into a single event, with the exception that two