diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 75bcdf091d8..869e1ea7e31 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -843,10 +843,10 @@ For that reason, you should normally use `make-temp-file' instead.  */)
 
 DEFUN ("file-name-concat", Ffile_name_concat, Sfile_name_concat, 1, MANY, 0,
        doc: /* Append COMPONENTS to DIRECTORY and return the resulting string.
-Elements in COMPONENTS must be a string or nil.
+Each element in COMPONENTS must be a string or nil.
 DIRECTORY or the non-final elements in COMPONENTS may or may not end
 with a slash -- if they don't end with a slash, a slash will be
-inserted before contatenating.
+inserted before concatenating.
 usage: (record DIRECTORY &rest COMPONENTS) */)
   (ptrdiff_t nargs, Lisp_Object *args)
 {