2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/events/__init__.py b/synapse/events/__init__.py
index 65df62107f..e203206865 100644
--- a/synapse/events/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/events/__init__.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class DictProperty:
             #
             # To exclude the KeyError from the traceback, we explicitly
             # 'raise from e1.__context__' (which is better than 'raise from None',
-            # becuase that would omit any *earlier* exceptions).
+            # because that would omit any *earlier* exceptions).
             #
             raise AttributeError(
                 "'%s' has no '%s' property" % (type(instance), self.key)
diff --git a/synapse/events/utils.py b/synapse/events/utils.py
index 355cbe05f1..14f7f1156f 100644
--- a/synapse/events/utils.py
+++ b/synapse/events/utils.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def only_fields(dictionary, fields):
     in 'fields'.
 
     If there are no event fields specified then all fields are included.
-    The entries may include '.' charaters to indicate sub-fields.
+    The entries may include '.' characters to indicate sub-fields.
     So ['content.body'] will include the 'body' field of the 'content' object.
     A literal '.' character in a field name may be escaped using a '\'.