diff --git a/tests/functional/test_local.py b/tests/functional/test_local.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_local.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_local.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def test_can_accept_multiple_connections(config, sample_app,
         response = local_server.make_call(requests.get, '/', port)
     except requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout:
         assert False, (
-            'Read timeout occured, the socket is blocking the next request '
+            'Read timeout occurred, the socket is blocking the next request '
             'from going though.'
         )
     assert response.status_code == 200
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_app.py b/tests/unit/test_app.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_app.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def auth_request():
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version[0] == '2',
                     reason=('Test is irrelevant under python 2, since str and '
-                            'bytes are interchangable.'))
+                            'bytes are interchangeable.'))
 def test_invalid_binary_response_body_throws_value_error(sample_app):
     response = app.Response(
         status_code=200,
Propose fix two typos in print strings