diff --git a/mailboxes/boxes-lib.pl b/mailboxes/boxes-lib.pl
index 77eec953b..ae50312a2 100755
--- a/mailboxes/boxes-lib.pl
+++ b/mailboxes/boxes-lib.pl
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ while(<SOURCE>) {
 			close(DEST);
 			close(SOURCE);
 			unlink($tmpf);
-			&error("Index on $f is corrupt - did not find expected mesage start at line $lnum");
+			&error("Index on $f is corrupt - did not find expected message start at line $lnum");
 			}
 		$fline[$i] = 1;
 		}
diff --git a/mailboxes/folders-lib.pl b/mailboxes/folders-lib.pl
index 8e382c8ca..4f7b354cd 100755
--- a/mailboxes/folders-lib.pl
+++ b/mailboxes/folders-lib.pl
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ if ($index->{'lastchange'} != $folder->{'lastchange'} ||
 	foreach my $k (@todelete) {
 		delete($index->{$k});
 		}
-	print DEBUG "deleted $dc mesages from index\n";
+	print DEBUG "deleted $dc messages from index\n";
 
 	# Record index update time
 	$index->{'lastchange'} = $folder->{'lastchange'} || time();