diff --git a/src/mattermostdriver/driver.py b/src/mattermostdriver/driver.py
index f45244c..e3d8675 100644
--- a/src/mattermostdriver/driver.py
+++ b/src/mattermostdriver/driver.py
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ def init_websocket(self, event_handler, websocket_cls=Websocket):
         """
         Will initialize the websocket connection to the mattermost server.
 
-        This should be run after login(), because the websocket needs to make
-        an authentification.
+        This should be run after login(), because the websocket needs to
+        authenticate.
 
         See https://api.mattermost.com/v4/#tag/WebSocket for which
         websocket events mattermost sends.
@@ -432,8 +432,8 @@ def init_websocket(self, event_handler, websocket_cls=Websocket):
         and returns a coroutine that can be awaited.  It will not return
         until shutdown() is called.
 
-        This should be run after login(), because the websocket needs to make
-        an authentification.
+        This should be run after login(), because the websocket needs to
+        authenticate.
 
         See https://api.mattermost.com/v4/#tag/WebSocket for which
         websocket events mattermost sends.
diff --git a/src/mattermostdriver/websocket.py b/src/mattermostdriver/websocket.py
index 4576835..b4e6c9a 100644
--- a/src/mattermostdriver/websocket.py
+++ b/src/mattermostdriver/websocket.py
@@ -129,6 +129,6 @@ async def _authenticate_websocket(self, websocket, event_handler):
             # because the hello event could arrive before the authentication ok response
             await event_handler(message)
             if ("event" in status and status["event"] == "hello") and ("seq" in status and status["seq"] == 0):
-                log.info("Websocket authentification OK")
+                log.info("Websocket authentication OK")
                 return True
-            log.error("Websocket authentification failed")
+            log.error("Websocket authentication failed")