diff --git a/docs/getting-started.sgml b/docs/getting-started.sgml
index ea9579a2..43707e20 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.sgml
+++ b/docs/getting-started.sgml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ $smarty = new Smarty;</screen>
 	<para>
 	Now that the library files are in place, it's time to setup the Smarty
 	directories for your application. Smarty requires four directories which
-	are (by default) named <emphasis>tempalates</emphasis>,
+	are (by default) named <emphasis>templates</emphasis>,
 	<emphasis>templates_c</emphasis>, <emphasis>configs</emphasis> and
 	<emphasis>cache</emphasis>. Each of these are definable by the Smarty class
 	properties <emphasis>$template_dir</emphasis>,
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ Hello, {$name}!</screen>
      <title>Editing /web/www.mydomain.com/docs/guestbook/index.php</title>
      <screen>
 // load Smarty library
-require(Smarty.class.php');
+require('Smarty.class.php');
 
 $smarty = new Smarty;
 
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ $smarty->display('index.tpl');</screen>
     <screen>
 
 // load Smarty library
-require(Smarty.class.php');
+require('Smarty.class.php');
 
 // The setup.php file is a good place to load
 // required application library files, and you
diff --git a/docs/programmers.sgml b/docs/programmers.sgml
index 02987f55..c8bc49e8 100644
--- a/docs/programmers.sgml
+++ b/docs/programmers.sgml
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ $smarty-&gt;autoload_filters = array('pre' =&gt; array('trim', 'stamp'),
       <title>$php_handling</title>
       <para>
        This tells Smarty how to handle PHP code embedded in the
-       tempalates. There are four possible settings, default being
+       templates. There are four possible settings, default being
        SMARTY_PHP_PASSTHRU. Note that this does NOT affect php code
        within <link linkend="language.function.php">{php}{/php}</link>
        tags in the template.