diff --git a/OOMAnalyser.py b/OOMAnalyser.py
index ef56d4b..6bb1389 100644
--- a/OOMAnalyser.py
+++ b/OOMAnalyser.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class OOMEntity(object):
 
     def _rsyslog_unescape_lf(self, oom_lines):
         """
-        Rsyslog replaces line breaks with their ocal representation #012.
+        Rsyslog replaces line breaks with their octal representation #012.
 
         This feature can be controlled inside the rsyslog configuration with the directives
         $EscapeControlCharactersOnReceive, $Escape8BitCharactersOnReceive and $ControlCharactersEscapePrefix.
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 5cdef41..220181f 100755
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class TestPython(TestBase):
             (6, 'Apr 01 14:13:32 mysrv kernel: [11686.888109] sed invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x84d0, order=0, oom_adj=0, oom_score_adj=0'),
         ]:
             to_strip = oom_entity._number_of_columns_to_strip(line)
-            self.assertEqual(to_strip, pos, 'Calc wrong number of colums to strip for "%s": got: %d, expect: %d' % (
+            self.assertEqual(to_strip, pos, 'Calc wrong number of columns to strip for "%s": got: %d, expect: %d' % (
                 line, to_strip, pos))