diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index ad92c85..551619a 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@
 This option can only be enabled if @code{compat=1.1} is specified.
 
 @item nocow
-If this option is set to @code{on}, it will trun off COW of the file. It's only
+If this option is set to @code{on}, it will turn off COW of the file. It's only
 valid on btrfs, no effect on other file systems.
 
 Btrfs has low performance when hosting a VM image file, even more when the guest
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
 Note: this option is only valid to new or empty files. If there is an existing
 file which is COW and has data blocks already, it couldn't be changed to NOCOW
 by setting @code{nocow=on}. One can issue @code{lsattr filename} to check if
-the NOCOW flag is set or not (Capitabl 'C' is NOCOW flag).
+the NOCOW flag is set or not (Capital 'C' is NOCOW flag).
 
 @end table
 
diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi
index 8496f3b..514be90 100644
--- a/qemu-img.texi
+++ b/qemu-img.texi
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
 This option can only be enabled if @code{compat=1.1} is specified.
 
 @item nocow
-If this option is set to @code{on}, it will trun off COW of the file. It's only
+If this option is set to @code{on}, it will turn off COW of the file. It's only
 valid on btrfs, no effect on other file systems.
 
 Btrfs has low performance when hosting a VM image file, even more when the guest
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
 Note: this option is only valid to new or empty files. If there is an existing
 file which is COW and has data blocks already, it couldn't be changed to NOCOW
 by setting @code{nocow=on}. One can issue @code{lsattr filename} to check if
-the NOCOW flag is set or not (Capitabl 'C' is NOCOW flag).
+the NOCOW flag is set or not (Capital 'C' is NOCOW flag).
 
 @end table