diff --git a/external/o2/README.md b/external/o2/README.md
index fceb9bb25cc..24a80d8710d 100644
--- a/external/o2/README.md
+++ b/external/o2/README.md
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ That's it. Tweets using the O2 library!
 
 ### Storing OAuth Tokens
 
-O2 provides simple storage classes for writing OAuth tokens in a peristent location. Currently, a QSettings based backing store **O2SettingsStore** is provided in O2. O2SettingsStore keeps all token values in an encrypted form. You have to specify the encryption key to use while constructing the object:
+O2 provides simple storage classes for writing OAuth tokens in a persistent location. Currently, a QSettings based backing store **O2SettingsStore** is provided in O2. O2SettingsStore keeps all token values in an encrypted form. You have to specify the encryption key to use while constructing the object:
 
     O0SettingsStore settings = new O0SettingsStore("myencryptionkey");
     // Set the store before starting OAuth, i.e before calling link()
diff --git a/external/wintoast/README.md b/external/wintoast/README.md
index 588da9d28e9..57fbdf6898c 100644
--- a/external/wintoast/README.md
+++ b/external/wintoast/README.md
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ A common example of usage is to check while initializing the library or showing
 
 ```cpp
 WinToast::WinToastError error;
-const bool succedded = WinToast::instance()->initialize(&error);
-if (!succedded) {  
+const bool succeeded = WinToast::instance()->initialize(&error);
+if (!succeeded) {  
     std::wcout << L"Error, could not initialize the lib. Error number: " 
     << error << std::endl;
 }