diff --git a/HACKING.md b/HACKING.md
index 0a9a884..eb11f08 100644
--- a/HACKING.md
+++ b/HACKING.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Here's a few places to start:
 - No, seriously! Most of the bugs don't even get reported, or the reporter only writes "Doesn't work for me" and then vanishes.
 - ["help wanted" issues](https://github.com/majn/telegram-purple/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22help+wanted%22+-label%3A%22in-pipeline%22), especially automated testing
 - ["secret chat" issues](https://github.com/majn/telegram-purple/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22secret+chats%22+-label%3A%22in-pipeline%22+)
-- Portability (especially endianess) of tgl (external project)
+- Portability (especially endianness) of tgl (external project)
 - [Issues of tgl](https://github.com/vysheng/tgl/issues) -- lots and lots of false or obsolete reports
 - Slim down the size of the generated files in `tgl/auto`, as this currently dominates the build time. Yuk!
 - Make sure that the libpurple-devs don't break libpurple any further.
diff --git a/telegram-purple.c b/telegram-purple.c
index fbeb742..6540818 100644
--- a/telegram-purple.c
+++ b/telegram-purple.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static GList* tgprpl_blist_node_menu (PurpleBlistNode *node) {
     return NULL;
   }
   
-  // chats that dont have a proper ID arent usable
+  // chats that don't have a proper ID aren't usable
   if (PURPLE_BLIST_NODE_IS_CHAT(node) && ! tgp_chat_has_id ((PurpleChat *)node)) {
     return NULL;
   }