diff --git a/peps/pep-0782.rst b/peps/pep-0782.rst
index 3114bc2fcd7..32a46ee3f6a 100644
--- a/peps/pep-0782.rst
+++ b/peps/pep-0782.rst
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ When creating a bytes string and the output size is unknown, one
 strategy is to allocate a short buffer and extend it (to the exact size)
 each time a larger write is needed.
 
-This strategy is inefficient because it requires to enlarge the buffer
-multiple timess. It's more efficient to overallocate the buffer the
+This strategy is inefficient because it requires enlarging the buffer
+multiple times. It's more efficient to overallocate the buffer the
 first time that a larger write is needed. It reduces the number of
 expensive ``realloc()`` operations which can imply a memory copy.