diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
index 4cf1438c81a..138329830a2 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ Python's division operator, ``/``, behaves like C's division operator when
 presented with two integer arguments: it returns an integer result that's
 truncated down when there would be a fractional part.  For example, ``3/2`` is
 1, not 1.5, and ``(-1)/2`` is -1, not -0.5.  This means that the results of
-divison can vary unexpectedly depending on the type of the two operands and
+division can vary unexpectedly depending on the type of the two operands and
 because Python is dynamically typed, it can be difficult to determine the
 possible types of the operands.
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_datetime.py b/Lib/test/test_datetime.py
index 16749610140..ff00d8b0b0d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_datetime.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_datetime.py
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ def test_disallowed_computations(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: a // x)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: x // a)
 
-        # Divison of int by timedelta doesn't make sense.
+        # Division of int by timedelta doesn't make sense.
         # Division by zero doesn't make sense.
         for zero in 0, 0L:
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: zero // a)