diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a9de397..b124b78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Shorthand for `convert(In, Format, [])`.
                    {error, Reason :: error_reason()}.
 ```
 The function converts incoming data `In` into format `Format`. Note that you don't
-have to pass the format of incoming data, becasue it will be detected automatically
+have to pass the format of incoming data, because it will be detected automatically
 using `get_type/1` function. In the case of an error you can use `Reason` to produce
 a human-readable diagnostic text using `format_error/1`.
 The function also accepts a proplist of `Options`. Currently available options are:
diff --git a/c_src/eimp.c b/c_src/eimp.c
index 44135b8..4c23a3d 100644
--- a/c_src/eimp.c
+++ b/c_src/eimp.c
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ int parse_transform(uint8_t *buf, size_t size, transform_s *t)
   0                   1                   2                   3
   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
-  |                         Data Lenght                           |
+  |                         Data Length                           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   |                             Data                              |
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ int parse_transform(uint8_t *buf, size_t size, transform_s *t)
 
   where Data is always prefixed with a caller's PID represented in
   an external Erlang term format. This PID representation is prefixed
-  by its length, which is always one byte long (i.e. the maximum lenth
+  by its length, which is always one byte long (i.e. the maximum length
   can only be 255 bytes):
 
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