diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 31be37b16463e5a71ce822010eca68312ef565cc..31310a07f0d1b869ac0f5809d5b8f2b6081c0aab 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ option(OTB_USE_DEPRECATED "Turn on the use and test of deprecated classes" OFF)
 mark_as_advanced(OTB_USE_DEPRECATED)
 
 option(OTB_USE_OPENMP "Add openmp compiler and linker flags" OFF)
-option(OTB_USE_SSE_FLAGS "Enable SIMD optimizations (hardware dependant)." ON)
+option(OTB_USE_SSE_FLAGS "Enable SIMD optimizations (hardware dependent)." ON)
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # SHOW_ALL_MSG_DEBUG option
 option(OTB_SHOW_ALL_MSG_DEBUG "Show all debug messages (very verbose)" OFF)
diff --git a/Packaging/Files/selftester.sh b/Packaging/Files/selftester.sh
index e036c2d66b7bb9838e2b4f0208ee6c7ec2c6e965..69d42e1304a79770bca9ffc2831ab3ac2d9be221 100755
--- a/Packaging/Files/selftester.sh
+++ b/Packaging/Files/selftester.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ for name in $OTB_SO_LIBRARIES $OTB_DY_LIBRARIES $OTB_EXE; do
   elif echo "$F_OUTPUT" | grep -q ': symbolic link'; then
     :
   else
-    echo_and_report "Unkown file type : $F_OUTPUT"
+    echo_and_report "Unknown file type : $F_OUTPUT"
   fi
 done