diff --git a/docs/man/borg.1 b/docs/man/borg.1
index 0d22f7a06..301bb0199 100644
--- a/docs/man/borg.1
+++ b/docs/man/borg.1
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ Feature request #1332
 .IP [3] 5
 Feature request #1337
 .IP [4] 5
-Cygwin tries to map NTFS ACLs to permissions with varying degress of success.
+Cygwin tries to map NTFS ACLs to permissions with varying degrees of success.
 .IP [5] 5
 The native access control list mechanism of the OS. This normally limits access to
 non\-native ACLs. For example, NTFS ACLs aren\(aqt completely accessible on Linux with ntfs\-3g.
diff --git a/docs/usage_general.rst.inc b/docs/usage_general.rst.inc
index 4e3be5188..404430761 100644
--- a/docs/usage_general.rst.inc
+++ b/docs/usage_general.rst.inc
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ For example, ntfs-3g on Linux isn't able to convey NTFS ACLs.
     Feature request :issue:`618` for more flags.
 .. [2] Feature request :issue:`1332`
 .. [3] Feature request :issue:`1337`
-.. [4] Cygwin tries to map NTFS ACLs to permissions with varying degress of success.
+.. [4] Cygwin tries to map NTFS ACLs to permissions with varying degrees of success.
 
 .. [#acls] The native access control list mechanism of the OS. This normally limits access to
     non-native ACLs. For example, NTFS ACLs aren't completely accessible on Linux with ntfs-3g.