diff --git a/passwd.go b/passwd.go
index 3353061..b66861c 100644
--- a/passwd.go
+++ b/passwd.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (p *Passwd) IsPreferred(hash string) bool {
 	_, algo := p.getAlgo(hash)
 	if algo != nil && algo == p.d {
 
-		// if the algorithem defines its own check for preference.
+		// if the algorithm defines its own check for preference.
 		if ck, ok := algo.(interface{ IsPreferred(string) bool }); ok {
 			return ck.IsPreferred(hash)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/scrypt/scrypt.go b/pkg/scrypt/scrypt.go
index 31d85c1..c69f7ec 100644
--- a/pkg/scrypt/scrypt.go
+++ b/pkg/scrypt/scrypt.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 type scryptpw struct {
 	N       int // CPU/memory cost parameter (logN)
 	R       int // block size parameter (octets)
-	P       int // parallelisation parameter (positive int)
+	P       int // parallelization parameter (positive int)
 	SaltLen int // bytes to use as salt (octets)
 	DKLen   int // length of the derived key (octets)
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type scryptpw struct {
 type scryptArgs struct {
 	N       int // CPU/memory cost parameter (logN)
 	R       int // block size parameter (octets)
-	P       int // parallelisation parameter (positive int)
+	P       int // parallelization parameter (positive int)
 	SaltLen int // bytes to use as salt (octets)
 	DKLen   int // length of the derived key (octets)