diff --git a/advisors/check_abi.py b/advisors/check_abi.py
index 749af6bd4e06b6118fdfdee95b875c04367d851c..78ebdbec3329fdb770724cf4e0b5cb73b7d6e57b 100755
--- a/advisors/check_abi.py
+++ b/advisors/check_abi.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 (3) Command parameters
     This script accept three kinds of command: compare_rpm or compare_so or compare_rpms
-    Run it without any paramter prints out help message.
+    Run it without any parameter prints out help message.
 """
 
 import argparse
diff --git a/advisors/check_upstream.py b/advisors/check_upstream.py
index 8a3249292440d69934f509f26ea89d977c418d3e..539861a8529afba48ff784bb51f0e94e6a26179a 100755
--- a/advisors/check_upstream.py
+++ b/advisors/check_upstream.py
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ def clean_tags(tags, info):
         for tag in result_list.keys():
             result[separator_regex.sub(".", tag)] = result_list[tag]
     # Xinwei used to mis-spell 'separator'.
-    # Followings are kept for compatability until all yaml files are fixed.
-    elif info.get("seperator", ".") != "." and info.get("seperator", "."):
-        separator_regex = re.compile(info["seperator"])
+    # Followings are kept for compatibility until all yaml files are fixed.
+    elif info.get("separator", ".") != "." and info.get("separator", "."):
+        separator_regex = re.compile(info["separator"])
         for tag in result_list.keys():
             result[separator_regex.sub(".", tag)] = result_list[tag]
     else: