diff --git a/test/test_startup.sh b/test/test_startup.sh
index de598dda..c068b299 100755
--- a/test/test_startup.sh
+++ b/test/test_startup.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ module ietf-interfaces {
 }
 EOF
 
-# Create running-db containin the interface "run" OK
+# Create running-db containing the interface "run" OK
 runvar='<interfaces xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-interfaces"><interface><name>run</name><type xmlns:if="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-interfaces">if:fddi</type><enabled>true</enabled></interface></interfaces>'
 
 # Create startup-db containing the interface "startup" OK
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function testrun(){
     mode=$1
     rdb=$2    # running db at start
     sdb=$3    # startup db at start
-    edb=$4    # extradb at start
+    edb=$4    # extra db at start
     exprun=$5 # expected running_db after startup
 
     sudo rm -f  $dir/*_db
diff --git a/test/test_upgrade_interfaces_rfc7895.sh b/test/test_upgrade_interfaces_rfc7895.sh
index 42cea8c8..597331cf 100755
--- a/test/test_upgrade_interfaces_rfc7895.sh
+++ b/test/test_upgrade_interfaces_rfc7895.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # Rename /interfaces/interface/description to /interfaces/interface/descr (2016)
 # Wrap /interfaces/interface/descr to /interfaces/interface/docs/descr (2018)
 # Change type /interfaces/interface/statistics/in-octets to decimal64 and divide all values with 1000 (2018)
-# This is backwrd compatible RFC7895, see also test_upgrade_interfaces.sh for RFC8525
+# This is backward compatible RFC7895, see also test_upgrade_interfaces.sh for RFC8525
 
 # Magic line must be first in script (see README.md)
 s="$_" ; . ./lib.sh || if [ "$s" = $0 ]; then exit 0; else return 0; fi