diff --git a/mosquitto.conf b/mosquitto.conf
index f0e14023..e8a19bb3 100644
--- a/mosquitto.conf
+++ b/mosquitto.conf
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 #crlfile
 
 # If you wish to control which encryption ciphers are used, use the ciphers
-# option. The list of available ciphers can be optained using the "openssl
+# option. The list of available ciphers can be obtained using the "openssl
 # ciphers" command and should be provided in the same format as the output of
 # that command.
 # If unset defaults to DEFAULT:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!EXPORT:!SSLv2:@STRENGTH
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 
 # When using PSK, the encryption ciphers used will be chosen from the list of
 # available PSK ciphers. If you want to control which ciphers are available,
-# use the "ciphers" option.  The list of available ciphers can be optained
+# use the "ciphers" option.  The list of available ciphers can be obtained
 # using the "openssl ciphers" command and should be provided in the same format
 # as the output of that command.
 #ciphers