diff --git a/api/mac_icon.cpp b/api/mac_icon.cpp
index f8c26c658b..f3643e4941 100644
--- a/api/mac_icon.cpp
+++ b/api/mac_icon.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ char MacPListData[] = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"
 /* checks for an OS error, reports the line number and returns */
 #define CHECK_OSERR(e) {\
   if (e) {\
-    fprintf(stderr,"MacOS Error %d occured in %s line %d\n",e,__FILE__,__LINE__);\
+    fprintf(stderr,"MacOS Error %d occurred in %s line %d\n",e,__FILE__,__LINE__);\
     return(e); } }
 
 // Adds the specified resource to the file given as an argument.
diff --git a/html/user/account_ownership.php b/html/user/account_ownership.php
index fd9ba75b0a..70626194f2 100644
--- a/html/user/account_ownership.php
+++ b/html/user/account_ownership.php
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function account_ownership_action($user) {
           error_page(tra("Signature verification failed. Contact the project administrator to resolve the issue."));
       } else {
           // Something has gone wrong & an error has occurred.
-          error_page(tra("An error occured during the signature verification. Contact the project administrator to resolve the issue."));
+          error_page(tra("An error occurred during the signature verification. Contact the project administrator to resolve the issue."));
       }
   } else {
       // User data input invalid