diff --git a/docs/news-2014.html.in b/docs/news-2014.html.in
index 91a4f2f26f..2dbbe070de 100644
--- a/docs/news-2014.html.in
+++ b/docs/news-2014.html.in
@@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@
       build: avoid compiler warning on shadowed name (Jean-Baptiste Rouault),<br/>
       tests: link against libxml2 (Guido Günther),<br/>
       tests: build viridentitytest only WITH_ATTR. (Jincheng Miao),<br/>
-      maint: Correctly detect wether "gluster" cli tool is accessible (Peter Krempa),<br/>
+      maint: Correctly detect whether "gluster" cli tool is accessible (Peter Krempa),<br/>
       libvirt-guests: avoid bashism (Guido Günther),<br/>
       Use the force flag for mkfs -t xfs (Ján Tomko)<br/>
       </li>
diff --git a/src/driver.h b/src/driver.h
index 3fcea0d629..898fb96df4 100644
--- a/src/driver.h
+++ b/src/driver.h
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ typedef struct _virConnectDriver virConnectDriver;
 typedef virConnectDriver *virConnectDriverPtr;
 
 struct _virConnectDriver {
-    /* Wether driver permits a server in the URI */
+    /* Whether driver permits a server in the URI */
     bool localOnly;
-    /* Wether driver needs a server in the URI */
+    /* Whether driver needs a server in the URI */
     bool remoteOnly;
     /*
      * NULL terminated list of supported URI schemes.