diff --git a/scripts/sipdiff b/scripts/sipdiff
index d581ce263f2..49da03b6bc6 100755
--- a/scripts/sipdiff
+++ b/scripts/sipdiff
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ for file in $*; do
       echo ""
       case $n in
         g)
-          echo "Genreating the SIP file ..."
+          echo "Generating the SIP file ..."
           ${DIR}/scripts/sipify.pl ${DIR}/$header > ${DIR}/python/$d/$f.sip
           break
           ;;
diff --git a/scripts/sipify.pl b/scripts/sipify.pl
index b66cf6299d3..306544aa216 100755
--- a/scripts/sipify.pl
+++ b/scripts/sipify.pl
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ while(!eof $header){
     if ( $line =~ m/^(\s*class)\s*([A-Z]+_EXPORT)?(\s+\w+)(\s*\:.*)?$/ ){
         do {no warnings 'uninitialized';
             my $classname = $3;
-            $line =~ m/\b[A-Z]+_EXPORT\b/ or die "Class$classname in $headerfile shoud be exported with appropriate [LIB]_EXPORT macro. If this should not be available in python, wrap it in a `#ifndef SIP_RUN` block.";
+            $line =~ m/\b[A-Z]+_EXPORT\b/ or die "Class$classname in $headerfile should be exported with appropriate [LIB]_EXPORT macro. If this should not be available in python, wrap it in a `#ifndef SIP_RUN` block.";
         };
         $line = "$1$3";
         # Inheritance