diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
index dec6935..e746613 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW.txt
+++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
   If False, all these lines are ignored.  Conditionals may be nested
   without limit.  'twander' keeps track of which '.endif' matches which
   Condition Test Statement.  Like all Configuration File entries,
-  whitespace is ignored when processing Conditional Statmentes and you
+  whitespace is ignored when processing Conditional Statements and you
   are free to indent (or not) as you see fit.
 
   Condition Test Statements are one of three types:
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 
   To make it easy to create conditional blocks based on the type of
   system you're running, 'twander' now automatically pre-defines two
-  system variables which provide information about your system:
+  variables which provide information about your system:
 
   Variable Name     Typical Values
   --------------------------------