diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4dc5d15..faa13aa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ $ docker build https://git.openstack.org/openstack/loci.git \
 The images should contain all the required assets for running the service. But
 if you wish or need to customize the `loci/keystone` image that's great! We
 hope to have built the images to make this as easy and flexible as possible. To
-do this we recommend that you perform any required customisation in a child
+do this we recommend that you perform any required customization in a child
 image using a pattern similar to:
 
 ``` Dockerfile
diff --git a/playbooks/vars.yaml b/playbooks/vars.yaml
index fe41938..4fe9b70 100644
--- a/playbooks/vars.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/vars.yaml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ docker_daemon:
 # Setting reuse_requirements to True will use the most recent
 # requirements build from the gate registry. This can save bandwidth
 # and time. However, it introduces a gate race condition if a change
-# is posted that updates requirments. We set to false to prefer
+# is posted that updates requirements. We set to false to prefer
 # correctness to speed.
 reuse_requirements: False
 
-# Override Zuul inferrence of source directory from project name to always
+# Override Zuul inference of source directory from project name to always
 # use "loci".
 loci_src_dir: "src/git.openstack.org/openstack/loci"
 branch: "{{ zuul_execution_branch.split('/')[-1] }}"