diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2c3c7a1f..efc06090 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ llvm-toolchain-3.5 (1:3.5~+rc1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
     polly
   * hurd-EIEIO-undef.diff: try to undef an errno.h to fix the ftbfs
   * clang-X suggests clang-X-doc (Closes: #755922)
-  * Manage all files using .in mecanism. It will simplify the upgrade of
+  * Manage all files using .in mechanism. It will simplify the upgrade of
     version
   * Disable lldb for ppc64el. Thanks to Dimitri John Ledkov (Closes: #756380)
   * Fix the FTBFS under PowerPC. Thanks to Dimitri John Ledkov for the patch
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d4e4083c..a5d3a939 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 
 	cp $(CURDIR)/clang/tools/scan-build/man/scan-build.1 $(CURDIR)/clang/tools/scan-build/man/scan-build-$(LLVM_VERSION).1
 
-	# copy the vim files (exept that tablegen does not exist for indent
+	# copy the vim files (except that tablegen does not exist for indent
 	VIM_DIRS="ftdetect ftplugin syntax indent"; \
 	for dir in $$VIM_DIRS; do \
 		cp -f $(CURDIR)/utils/vim/$$dir/llvm.vim $(CURDIR)/utils/vim/$$dir/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION).vim; \