diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
index d67d563181..8ed2e5ec5c 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
   # but Action Mailer translates them appropriately and sets the correct values.
   #
   # As you can pass in any header, you need to either quote the header as a string, or pass it in as
-  # an underscorised symbol, so the following will work:
+  # an underscored symbol, so the following will work:
   #
   #   class Notifier < ActionMailer::Base
   #     default 'Content-Transfer-Encoding' => '7bit',
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
   #
   # * <tt>sendmail_settings</tt> - Allows you to override options for the <tt>:sendmail</tt> delivery method.
   #   * <tt>:location</tt> - The location of the sendmail executable. Defaults to <tt>/usr/sbin/sendmail</tt>.
-  #   * <tt>:arguments</tt> - The command line arguments. Defaults to <tt>-i -t</tt> with <tt>-f sender@addres</tt>
+  #   * <tt>:arguments</tt> - The command line arguments. Defaults to <tt>-i -t</tt> with <tt>-f sender@address</tt>
   #     added automatically before the message is sent.
   #
   # * <tt>file_settings</tt> - Allows you to override options for the <tt>:file</tt> delivery method.