diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 09d6c9e19a..0d8a717141 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
 
     #Enable support for gcc compile time security options. There is no great way to do detection of valid cflags that I have found
     #AX_CFLAGS_GCC_OPTION don't seem to do a better job than the code below and are a pain because of extra m4 files etc.
-    #These flags seem to be supported on CentOS 5+, Ubuntu 8.04+, and FedoreCore 11+
+    #These flags seem to be supported on CentOS 5+, Ubuntu 8.04+, and FedoraCore 11+
     #Options are taken from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CompilerFlags
     AC_ARG_ENABLE(gccprotect,
            AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-gccprotect], [Detect and use gcc hardening options]),[enable_gccprotect=$enableval],[enable_gccprotect=no])
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@
         [Disable suricata-update]), [enable_suricata_update=$enableval],
       [enable_suricata_update="yes"])
 
-    # Assume suircata-update will not be installed.
+    # Assume suricata-update will not be installed.
     have_suricata_update="no"
 
     if test "$enable_suricata_update" = "yes"; then