diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index df392471..934c54a1 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ existing hooks are:
        used for filtering.
  * `BufClose`: Executed when a buffer is deleted, while it is still valid.
  * `BufOpenFifo`: Executed when a buffer opens a fifo.
- * `BufReadFifo`: Executed after some data has been red from a fifo and
+ * `BufReadFifo`: Executed after some data has been read from a fifo and
        inserted in the buffer.
  * `BufCloseFifo`: Executed when a fifo buffer closes its fifo file descriptor
        either because the buffer is being deleted, or because the writing
diff --git a/doc/manpages/hooks.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/hooks.asciidoc
index 5d71e9c9..9a5b00ba 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/hooks.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/hooks.asciidoc
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Default hooks
 	executed when a buffer opens a fifo
 
 *BufReadFifo*::
-	executed after some data has been red from a fifo and inserted in
+	executed after some data has been read from a fifo and inserted in
 	the buffer
 
 *BufCloseFifo*::