diff --git a/iop/scripts/update_package.sh b/iop/scripts/update_package.sh
index 590e0ab69..426fdb5d1 100755
--- a/iop/scripts/update_package.sh
+++ b/iop/scripts/update_package.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ update_this_pkg()
 	echo "	to get an up to date version in ${PKG_BUILD_DIR}/.git_update"
 	echo ""
 
-	echo -n "	Shold we continue with the update anyway? [y/N]:"
+	echo -n "	Should we continue with the update anyway? [y/N]:"
 	read answer
 	echo ""
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ branch_uptodate()
      else
 	 echo "Diverged. not sure what you did but there is no tracking branch. "
 	 echo "repo at [ $1 ]. fix it so that there is a tracking branch remote."
-	 echo "Often this is related to sombody having commited to the same branch"
+	 echo "Often this is related to somebody having commited to the same branch"
 	 echo "on the server so a simple push wont work, try a 'git rebase'."
 	 exit 99
      fi