diff --git a/examples/testd.c b/examples/testd.c
index 6557dff..f734173 100644
--- a/examples/testd.c
+++ b/examples/testd.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         /* Wait for 20 seconds for the return value passed from the daemon process */
         if ((ret = daemon_retval_wait(20)) < 0) {
-            daemon_log(LOG_ERR, "Could not recieve return value from daemon process: %s", strerror(errno));
+            daemon_log(LOG_ERR, "Could not receive return value from daemon process: %s", strerror(errno));
             return 255;
         }
 
diff --git a/libdaemon/dsignal.h b/libdaemon/dsignal.h
index 1719784..4030e41 100644
--- a/libdaemon/dsignal.h
+++ b/libdaemon/dsignal.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * wish to handle with select() in your main loop with
  * daemon_signal_init() or daemon_signal_install(). After that you
  * should sleep on the file descriptor returned by daemon_signal_fd()
- * and get the next signal recieved with daemon_signal_next(). You
+ * and get the next signal received with daemon_signal_next(). You
  * should call daemon_signal_done() before exiting.
  */
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int daemon_signal_install(int s);
  */
 void daemon_signal_done(void);
 
-/** Return the next signal recieved. This function will not
+/** Return the next signal received. This function will not
  * block. Instead it returns 0 if no signal is queued.
  * @return The next queued signal if one is queued, zero if none is
  * queued, negative on failure.