diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ to your needs.
 #### Production build
 
 1. [Install docker](https://docs.docker.com/install/).
-2. Run `make victoria-metrics-prod` from the root folder of the respository.
+2. Run `make victoria-metrics-prod` from the root folder of the repository.
    It will build `victoria-metrics-prod` binary and put it into the `bin` folder.
 
 #### Building docker images
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ at `http://<victoriametrics-addr>:8428/federate?match[]=<timeseries_selector_for
 
 Optional `start` and `end` args may be added to the request in order to scrape the last point for each selected time series on the `[start ... end]` interval.
 `start` and `end` may contain either unix timestamp in seconds or [RFC3339](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt) values. By default the last point
-on the interval `[now - max_lookback ... now]` is scraped for each time series. Default value for `max_lookback` is `5m` (5 minutes), but can be overriden.
+on the interval `[now - max_lookback ... now]` is scraped for each time series. Default value for `max_lookback` is `5m` (5 minutes), but can be overridden.
 For instance, `/federate?match[]=up&max_lookback=1h` would return last points on the `[now - 1h ... now]` interval. This may be useful for time series federation
 with scrape intervals exceeding `5m`.