diff --git a/middleware/payload-filter.js b/middleware/payload-filter.js
index 8ce3d39d5..0cafd91fe 100644
--- a/middleware/payload-filter.js
+++ b/middleware/payload-filter.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module.exports = (req, res, next) => {
 
     } else if (typeof o === 'object') {
 
-      // Itterate over the props, find only properties owned by the object.
+      // Iterate over the props, find only properties owned by the object.
       for (let prop in o) {
 
         // If and only if the object owns the property do we actually pull the
diff --git a/tests/models/setting.js b/tests/models/setting.js
index fbd5bf77f..8fd23d6a0 100644
--- a/tests/models/setting.js
+++ b/tests/models/setting.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('models.Setting', () => {
   });
 
   describe('#merge', () => {
-    it('should merge a settings object and it\'s overrides', () => {
+    it('should merge a settings object and its overrides', () => {
       return Setting
         .retrieve()
         .then((settings) => {