diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 83b6b403bb..3b331d5fd4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("cpu-host-model", "6.0.0");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("cpu-host-model", "6.1.0");
 
-    /* For this specific test we accept the increased likelyhood of changes
+    /* For this specific test we accept the increased likelihood of changes
      * if qemu updates the CPU model */
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("cpu-host-model");
 
diff --git a/tests/testutilsqemu.c b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
index ea9a283297..164d601613 100644
--- a/tests/testutilsqemu.c
+++ b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ testQemuInfoInitArgs(struct testQemuInfo *info)
     info->args.newargs = false;
 
     if (info->args.invalidarg) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid agument encountered by 'testQemuInfoSetArgs'\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid argument encountered by 'testQemuInfoSetArgs'\n");
         return -1;
     }