diff --git a/cava.c b/cava.c
index 65fc74a..60daa0c 100644
--- a/cava.c
+++ b/cava.c
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ as of 0.4.0 all options are specified in config file, see in '/home/username/.co
                     printf("could not open file %s for writing\n", p.raw_target);
                     exit(1);
                 }
-                printf("open file %s for writing raw ouput\n", p.raw_target);
+                printf("open file %s for writing raw output\n", p.raw_target);
 
                 // width must be hardcoded for raw output.
                 width = 256;
diff --git a/example_files/config b/example_files/config
index aea6b10..7578630 100644
--- a/example_files/config
+++ b/example_files/config
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
 [output]
 
-# Ouput method. Can be 'ncurses', 'noncurses' or 'raw'.
+# Output method. Can be 'ncurses', 'noncurses' or 'raw'.
 # 'noncurses' is for systems that does not suport ncurses.
 # 'raw' is an 8 or 16 bit (configurable via the 'bit_format' option) data
 # stream of the bar heights that can be used to send to other applications.