diff --git a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/mgr.c b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/mgr.c
index d537bd24361c9932e96fd73c218a3c94efc9a3a8..372107d69c15ed7077586a45aea52f3490f66172 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/mgr.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ _setup_normal_io(slurmd_job_t *job)
 
 	/*
 	 * Temporarily drop permissions, initialize task stdio file
-	 * decriptors (which may be connected to files), then
+	 * descriptors (which may be connected to files), then
 	 * reclaim privileges.
 	 */
 	if (_drop_privileges(job, true, &sprivs) < 0)
diff --git a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/task.c b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/task.c
index 9aa2d87adce0bcde5259eecd1ca894fb0ef8913b..803ae235b21cb2695fc95ea03130e3186b18e96d 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/task.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/task.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ exec_task(slurmd_job_t *job, int i, int waitfd)
 	/* task-specific pre-launch activities */
 
 	if (spank_user_task (job, i) < 0) {
-		error ("Failed to invoke task plugin stack\n");
+		error ("Failed to invoke task plugin stack");
 		exit (1);
 	}