diff --git a/wp-includes/ms-settings.php b/wp-includes/ms-settings.php
index 1daa2d1fa2..71590ccd29 100755
--- a/wp-includes/ms-settings.php
+++ b/wp-includes/ms-settings.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 if( isset( $current_site ) && isset( $current_blog ) )
 	return;
 
-// depreciated
+// deprecated
 $wpmuBaseTablePrefix = $table_prefix;
 
 $domain = addslashes( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] );
diff --git a/wp-signup.php b/wp-signup.php
index b7b9dad985..788ca39b66 100755
--- a/wp-signup.php
+++ b/wp-signup.php
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ function validate_another_blog_signup() {
 	}
 
 	$public = (int) $_POST['blog_public'];
-	$meta = apply_filters('signup_create_blog_meta', array ('lang_id' => 1, 'public' => $public)); // depreciated
+	$meta = apply_filters('signup_create_blog_meta', array ('lang_id' => 1, 'public' => $public)); // deprecated
 	$meta = apply_filters( "add_signup_meta", $meta );
 
 	wpmu_create_blog( $domain, $path, $blog_title, $current_user->id, $meta, $wpdb->siteid );