diff --git a/src/Filters/_GenericFilter.py b/src/Filters/_GenericFilter.py
index 8eb5bce7a..c34e93f9d 100644
--- a/src/Filters/_GenericFilter.py
+++ b/src/Filters/_GenericFilter.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class GenericFilter(object):
         If progress given, it will be used to indicate progress of the
         Filtering
         
-        If typleind is given, id_list is supposed to consist of a list of 
+        If tupleind is given, id_list is supposed to consist of a list of 
         tuples, with the handle being index tupleind. So 
         handle_0 = id_list[0][tupleind]
         
diff --git a/src/gen/db/base.py b/src/gen/db/base.py
index 2aa1a2c14..86fb37437 100644
--- a/src/gen/db/base.py
+++ b/src/gen/db/base.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class DbReadBase(object):
 
     def find_next_repository_gramps_id(self):
         """
-        Return the next available GRAMPS' ID for a Respository object based 
+        Return the next available GRAMPS' ID for a Repository object based 
         off the repository ID prefix.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError