diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 12792ad2f2..94e57b3d8a 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -30616,7 +30616,7 @@ Set to @code{#t} to enable calls to the PAM library at runtime; all
 users connecting without password are allowed to connect, all passwords
 given will fail.  Users identified without PAM are registered with a
 tilde (@samp{~}) prepended to their user name.  This defaults to
-@code{#f} in Guix because the service runs as a unpriveleged user and
+@code{#f} in Guix because the service runs as an unprivileged user and
 thus cannot authenticate other users via the @code{pam_unix} PAM module.
 
 @item @code{pam-is-optional?} (default: @code{#f}) (type: maybe-boolean)
diff --git a/gnu/services/messaging.scm b/gnu/services/messaging.scm
index a8f85fa9ad..0efda9f052 100644
--- a/gnu/services/messaging.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/messaging.scm
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ this if you have ircd-irc2 servers in your IRC network.")
 connecting without password are allowed to connect, all passwords given will
 fail.  Users identified without PAM are registered with a tilde (@samp{~})
 prepended to their user name.  This defaults to @code{#f} in Guix because the
-service runs as a unpriveleged user and thus cannot authenticate other users
+service runs as an unprivileged user and thus cannot authenticate other users
 via the @code{pam_unix} PAM module.")
   (pam-is-optional?
    (maybe-boolean #f)