diff --git a/vfs/README b/vfs/README
index 357dad404..a8808da22 100644
--- a/vfs/README
+++ b/vfs/README
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ please read this file. I'm integral part of midnight commander, but I
 try to go out and live my life myself as a shared library, too. That
 means that I should try to use as little functions from midnight as
 possible (so I'm tiny, nice and people like me), that I should not
-pollute namespace by unneccessary symbols (so I do not crash fellow
+pollute name space by unnecessary symbols (so I do not crash fellow
 programs) and that I should have a clean interface between myself and
 midnight.
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ And because I'm trying to live life on my own as libvfs.so, try to:
 'vfs_'.
 
 * Do not make any references from midnight into modules like tar. It
-would probably pollute namespace and midnight would depend on concrete
+would probably pollute name space and midnight would depend on concrete
 configuration of libvfs. mc_setctl() and mc_ctl() are your
 friends. (And mine too :-).