diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/README.md b/src/doc/trpl/README.md
index 0202e873b3644..7bd21beaab798 100644
--- a/src/doc/trpl/README.md
+++ b/src/doc/trpl/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ and will be able to understand most Rust code and write more complex programs.
 
 ## Advanced
 
-In a similar fashion to "Intermediate," this setion is full of individual,
+In a similar fashion to "Intermediate," this section is full of individual,
 deep-dive chapters, which stand alone and can be read in any order. These
 chapters focus on the most complex features, as well as some things that
 are only available in upcoming versions of Rust.
diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/advanced.md b/src/doc/trpl/advanced.md
index 138db523b9a21..447a8a614bf56 100644
--- a/src/doc/trpl/advanced.md
+++ b/src/doc/trpl/advanced.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 % Advanced
 
-In a similar fashion to "Intermediate," this setion is full of individual,
+In a similar fashion to "Intermediate," this section is full of individual,
 deep-dive chapters, which stand alone and can be read in any order. These
 chapters focus on the most complex features, as well as some things that
 are only available in upcoming versions of Rust.