---
 man2/semget.2   | 2 +-
 man3/shm_open.3 | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/semget.2 b/man2/semget.2
index a8fed15e6..445ac0249 100644
--- a/man2/semget.2
+++ b/man2/semget.2

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ If the semaphore set already exists, the permissions are
 verified.
 .\" and a check is made to see if it is marked for destruction.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-On sucess,
+On success,
 .BR semget ()
 returns the semaphore set identifier (a nonnegative integer).
 On failure, \-1 is returned, and

diff --git a/man3/shm_open.3 b/man3/shm_open.3
index 80d1eae17..9b06335d2 100644
--- a/man3/shm_open.3
+++ b/man3/shm_open.3

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ was specified, in which case a new, distinct object is created).
 On success,
 .BR shm_open ()
 returns a file descriptor (a nonnegative integer).
-On sucess,
+On success,
 .BR shm_unlink ()
 returns 0.
 On failure, both functions return \-1 and set