diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a7b8ca36a2c59..13270dd494121 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ subprojects {
     // Projects that should be formatted and checked with Spotless are
     // listed here, by project path. Once the number of formatted projects
     // is greater than the number of unformatted projects, this can be
-    // switched to an exclude list, and eventualy removed completely.
+    // switched to an exclude list, and eventually removed completely.
     def projectPathsToFormat = [
       ':build-tools',
       ':distribution:tools:java-version-checker',
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ task verifyVersions {
       throw new GradleException("Must run in online mode to verify versions")
     }
     // Read the list from maven central.
-    // Fetch the metadata an parse the xml into Version instances because it's more straight forward here
+    // Fetch the metadata and parse the xml into Version instances because it's more straight forward here
     // rather than bwcVersion ( VersionCollection ).
     new URL('https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/maven-metadata.xml').openStream().withStream { s ->
       bwcVersions.compareToAuthoritative(