diff --git a/book/source/05-private.md b/book/source/05-private.md
index 5c63c2f..6251790 100644
--- a/book/source/05-private.md
+++ b/book/source/05-private.md
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Only one of these steps deals directly with private key material, and is perform
 
 ### Addressing individual keys
 
-An independent design question is how key material is adressed, by users of the keystore.
+An independent design question is how key material is addressed, by users of the keystore.
 
 The fingerprint of the individual component keys is one obvious option.
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ write
 
 show examples for the operations in a private key store.
 
-- re-use the visual elements of the lowest level in the ch6 "how signatures are made" diagram (ch 6): "making a cryptographic signature from a hash digest"
+- reuse the visual elements of the lowest level in the ch6 "how signatures are made" diagram (ch 6): "making a cryptographic signature from a hash digest"
 ```
 
 #### Decryption