diff --git a/unit_tests/gmock-all.cpp b/unit_tests/gmock-all.cpp
index 52dba99c88..6bace6fc29 100644
--- a/unit_tests/gmock-all.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/gmock-all.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// this is a work-around since our Makefile does not recognice .cc format
+// this is a work-around since our Makefile does not recognise .cc format
 // todo: adjust the makefile so that we can remove this
 
 #include "googletest/googlemock/src/gmock-cardinalities.cc"
diff --git a/unit_tests/gtest-all.cpp b/unit_tests/gtest-all.cpp
index ef8093b79e..bc8ff628ad 100644
--- a/unit_tests/gtest-all.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/gtest-all.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// this is a work-around since our Makefile does not recognice .cc format
+// this is a work-around since our Makefile does not recognise .cc format
 // todo: adjust the makefile so that we can remove this
 
 #include "googletest/googletest/src/gtest.cc"