diff --git a/test/functional/tools/README.txt b/test/functional/tools/README.txt
index 39bb6e748be..f4d08778269 100644
--- a/test/functional/tools/README.txt
+++ b/test/functional/tools/README.txt
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ these tests. Pass in an '-id' along with one of these tool ids to test
 a single tool.
 
 Some API tests use these tools to test various features of the API,
-tool, and workflow subsystems. Pass the arugment
+tool, and workflow subsystems. Pass the argument
 '-with_framework_test_tools' to 'run_tests.sh' in addition to '-api'
 to ensure these tools get loaded during the testing process.
 
-Finally, to play around witht these tools interactively - simply
+Finally, to play around with these tools interactively - simply
 replace the 'galaxy.ini' option 'tool_config_file' with:
 
 tool_config_file = test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml