--- a/libinterp/corefcn/file-io.cc	Fri Oct 18 17:24:37 2019 -0700
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/file-io.cc	Fri Jan 17 13:15:27 2020 -0600
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@
 
   if (args.length () == 1)
     {
-      // ommited format = %f.  explicit "" = width from file
+      // omitted format = %f.  explicit "" = width from file
       fmt = "%f";
     }
   else if (args(1).is_string ())
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@
 example), then the default is zero.
 
 @item @qcode{"EndOfLine"}
-@var{value} can be either an emtpy or one character specifying the
+@var{value} can be either an empty or one character specifying the
 end-of-line character, or the pair
 @qcode{"@xbackslashchar{}r@xbackslashchar{}n"} (CRLF).
 In the latter case, any of