diff --git a/docs/drvqemu.html.in b/docs/drvqemu.html.in
index 038ecc6d0c..4da3817648 100644
--- a/docs/drvqemu.html.in
+++ b/docs/drvqemu.html.in
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ chmod o+x /path/to/directory
 
     <p>
       If the QEMU driver is configured to run virtual machines as non-root,
-      then they will already loose all their process capabilities at time
+      then they will already lose all their process capabilities at time
       of startup. The Linux capability feature is thus aimed primarily at
       the scenario where the QEMU processes are running as root. In this
       case, before launching a QEMU virtual machine, libvirtd will use
diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index b8fe1b1384..65a099b36c 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ virDomainGetConnect (virDomainPtr dom)
  * If the VIR_DOMAIN_START_AUTODESTROY flag is set, the guest
  * domain will be automatically destroyed when the virConnectPtr
  * object is finally released. This will also happen if the
- * client application crashes / looses its connection to the
+ * client application crashes / loses its connection to the
  * libvirtd daemon. Any domains marked for auto destroy will
  * block attempts at migration or save-to-file
  *
@@ -7071,7 +7071,7 @@ error:
  * If the VIR_DOMAIN_START_AUTODESTROY flag is set, the guest
  * domain will be automatically destroyed when the virConnectPtr
  * object is finally released. This will also happen if the
- * client application crashes / looses its connection to the
+ * client application crashes / loses its connection to the
  * libvirtd daemon. Any domains marked for auto destroy will
  * block attempts at migration or save-to-file
  *