diff --git a/distribute_setup.py b/distribute_setup.py
index bbb6f3c25e39f24ea0758dd1ef8ad8662e53ea94..f5ed1bf1b617e99c0407f0bef6d3dc475f8173c7 100644
--- a/distribute_setup.py
+++ b/distribute_setup.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def _rename_path(path):
 
 def _remove_flat_installation(placeholder):
     if not os.path.isdir(placeholder):
-        log.warn('Unkown installation at %s', placeholder)
+        log.warn('Unknown installation at %s', placeholder)
         return False
     found = False
     for file in os.listdir(placeholder):
diff --git a/src/wrapper/wrap_cl.hpp b/src/wrapper/wrap_cl.hpp
index 041aa5457537db2e7508e69034cbd257fbb462e7..63cdf90f36033677e76d103d4a4f7ab988fccfa0 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/wrap_cl.hpp
+++ b/src/wrapper/wrap_cl.hpp
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ namespace pyopencl
 
                   default:
                     throw error("Context.get_info", CL_INVALID_VALUE,
-                        "unkown context_property key encountered");
+                        "unknown context_property key encountered");
                 }
 
                 py_result.append(py::make_tuple(result[i], value));