diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/number-format.xml b/reference/strings/functions/number-format.xml
index 8e7505490f..42da5d1238 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/number-format.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/number-format.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         This function now supports multiple bytes in
         <parameter>dec_point</parameter> and
         <parameter>thousands_sep</parameter>. Only the first byte of each
-        seperator was used in older versions.
+        separator was used in older versions.
        </entry>
       </row>
      </tbody>
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ $nombre_format_francais = number_format($number, 2, ',', ' ');
 
 $number = 1234.5678;
 
-// english notation without thousands seperator
+// english notation without thousands separator
 $english_format_number = number_format($number, 2, '.', '');
 // 1234.57