diff --git a/source/developers/creating_components.markdown b/source/developers/creating_components.markdown
index a2dee37d38f..2da30f31fa7 100644
--- a/source/developers/creating_components.markdown
+++ b/source/developers/creating_components.markdown
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ After loading, the bootstrapper will call `setup(hass, config)` method on the co
 
 ### {% linkable_title `hass`: the Home Assistant instance %}
 
-The Home Assistant instace contains three objects to help you interact with the system.
+The Home Assistant instance contains three objects to help you interact with the system.
 
 | Object | Description |
 | ------ | ----------- |
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ The Home Assistant instace contains three objects to help you interact with the
 
 ### {% linkable_title `config`: User given configuration. %}
 
-The `config` paramter is a dictionary containing the user supplied configuration. The keys of the dictionary are the component names and the value is another dictionary with the component configuration.
+The `config` parameter is a dictionary containing the user supplied configuration. The keys of the dictionary are the component names and the value is another dictionary with the component configuration.
 
 If your configuration file contains the following lines: