diff --git a/man/varlinkctl.xml b/man/varlinkctl.xml
index 2a4bb160725..1f9012ec623 100644
--- a/man/varlinkctl.xml
+++ b/man/varlinkctl.xml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
         <para>This switch has no effect on the method call time-out applied by default: regardless if
         <option>--more</option> is specified or not, the default time-out will be 45s. Use
         <option>--timeout=</option> (see below) to change or disable the time-out. When invoking a method
-        call that continously returns updates it is typically desirable to disable the time-out with
+        call that continuously returns updates it is typically desirable to disable the time-out with
         <option>--timeout=infinity</option>. On the other hand, when invoking a <option>--more</option>
         method call for the purpose of enumerating objects (which likely will complete quickly) it is
         typically beneficial to leave the time-out logic enabled, for robustness reasons.</para>
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
         <term><option>-E</option></term>
 
         <listitem><para>A shortcut for <option>--more --timeout=infinity</option>. This switch is
-        useful for method calls that implement subscription to a continious stream of updates.</para>
+        useful for method calls that implement subscription to a continuous stream of updates.</para>
 
         <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v257"/></listitem>
       </varlistentry>