diff --git a/ocaml/idl/datamodel.ml b/ocaml/idl/datamodel.ml
index 8f452b47069..c8fa2614150 100644
--- a/ocaml/idl/datamodel.ml
+++ b/ocaml/idl/datamodel.ml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ module Session = struct
     call ~flags:[`Session] ~name:"change_password"
       ~doc:
         "Change the account password; if your session is authenticated with \
-         root priviledges then the old_pwd is validated and the new_pwd is set \
+         root privileges then the old_pwd is validated and the new_pwd is set \
          regardless"
       ~params:
         [
diff --git a/ocaml/xapi/xapi_session.ml b/ocaml/xapi/xapi_session.ml
index 455dcef9c55..221498d6f1b 100644
--- a/ocaml/xapi/xapi_session.ml
+++ b/ocaml/xapi/xapi_session.ml
@@ -1149,8 +1149,8 @@ let change_password ~__context ~old_pwd ~new_pwd =
         try
           (* CP-696: only change password if session has is_local_superuser bit set *)
           (*
-  CA-13567: If you have root priviledges then we do not authenticate old_pwd; right now, since we only
-            ever have root priviledges we just comment this out.
+  CA-13567: If you have root privileges then we do not authenticate old_pwd; right now, since we only
+            ever have root privileges we just comment this out.
 
 	begin
 	  try