diff --git a/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c b/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
index 0ceb4be375..19ef527ca7 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ parse_output_parameters(List *options, uint32 *protocol_version,
 
 		Assert(defel->arg == NULL || IsA(defel->arg, String));
 
-		/* Check each param, whether or not we recognise it */
+		/* Check each param, whether or not we recognize it */
 		if (strcmp(defel->defname, "proto_version") == 0)
 		{
 			int64		parsed;
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ pgoutput_startup(LogicalDecodingContext * ctx, OutputPluginOptions *opt,
 	 */
 	if (!is_init)
 	{
-		/* Parse the params and ERROR if we see any we don't recognise */
+		/* Parse the params and ERROR if we see any we don't recognize */
 		parse_output_parameters(ctx->output_plugin_options,
 								&data->protocol_version,
 								&data->publication_names);
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_waldump/pg_waldump.c b/src/bin/pg_waldump/pg_waldump.c
index bfe44b8a69..6c084ddc05 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_waldump/pg_waldump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_waldump/pg_waldump.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 						config.stats_per_record = true;
 					else if (strcmp(optarg, "rmgr") != 0)
 					{
-						fprintf(stderr, _("%s: unrecognised argument to --stats: %s\n"),
+						fprintf(stderr, _("%s: unrecognized argument to --stats: %s\n"),
 								progname, optarg);
 						goto bad_argument;
 					}