diff --git a/packages/hardhat/README.md b/packages/hardhat/README.md
index 8ef5234a..5afa8533 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat/README.md
+++ b/packages/hardhat/README.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ describe('Counter', () => {
   })
 
   describe('count down', async () => {
-    // 5 - this throw a error with solidity ^0.8.0
+    // 5 - this throws an error with solidity ^0.8.0
     it('should fail', async () => {
       await counter.countDown()
     })
@@ -175,6 +175,6 @@ Original work done by [@RHLSTHRM](https://twitter.com/RHLSTHRM).
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 Using the types generated by this plugin can lead to Hardhat failing to run. The reason is that the types are not
-avialable for loading the config, and that's required to generate the types.
+available for loading the config, and that's required to generate the types.
 
 To workaround this issue, you can run `TS_NODE_TRANSPILE_ONLY=1 npx hardhat compile`.