diff --git a/tools/schemacode/schemacode/validator.py b/tools/schemacode/schemacode/validator.py
index 4793461bd2..a70878fa79 100644
--- a/tools/schemacode/schemacode/validator.py
+++ b/tools/schemacode/schemacode/validator.py
@@ -663,10 +663,10 @@ def log_errors(validation_result):
 def _query_pseudofile_suffixes(my_schema):
     """Query schema for suffixes which identify directory entities.
 
-    Paramaters
+    Parameters
     ----------
     my_schema : dict
-        Nested direcotry as produced by `schemacode.schema.load_schema()`.
+        Nested directory as produced by `schemacode.schema.load_schema()`.
 
     Returns
     -------