diff --git a/lib/mixlib/archive/lib_archive.rb b/lib/mixlib/archive/lib_archive.rb
index 2afad90..1edb6dd 100644
--- a/lib/mixlib/archive/lib_archive.rb
+++ b/lib/mixlib/archive/lib_archive.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def initialize(archive, options = {})
       # Extracts the archive to the given +destination+
       #
       # === Parameters
-      # perms<Boolean>:: should the extracter use permissions from the archive.
+      # perms<Boolean>:: should the extractor use permissions from the archive.
       # ignore[Array]:: an array of matches of file paths to ignore
       def extract(destination, perms: true, ignore: [])
         ignore_re = Regexp.union(ignore)
diff --git a/lib/mixlib/archive/tar.rb b/lib/mixlib/archive/tar.rb
index 092092e..e2c9ab6 100644
--- a/lib/mixlib/archive/tar.rb
+++ b/lib/mixlib/archive/tar.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def initialize(archive, options = {})
       # Extracts the archive to the given +destination+
       #
       # === Parameters
-      # perms<Boolean>:: should the extracter use permissions from the archive.
+      # perms<Boolean>:: should the extractor use permissions from the archive.
       # ignore[Array]:: an array of matches of file paths to ignore
       def extract(destination, perms: true, ignore: [])
         # (http://stackoverflow.com/a/31310593/506908)