diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d2f694a7fc..15ff18af586 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ License
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 The MAME project as a whole is distributed under the terms of the [GNU General Public License, 2](http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0) (GPL-2.0), since it contains code made available under multiple GPL-compatible licenses. A great majority of files (over 90% including core files) are under the [BSD-3-Clause License](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause) and we would encourage new contributors to distribute files under this license.
 
-Please note that MAME is a registerd trademake of Nicola Salmoria, and permission is required to use the "MAME" name, logo or wordmark.
+Please note that MAME is a registered trademark of Nicola Salmoria, and permission is required to use the "MAME" name, logo or wordmark.
 
 [License (GPL-2.0)](LICENSE)
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diff --git a/docs/mame.txt b/docs/mame.txt
index 1bb1b64ce1b..ba851c899af 100644
--- a/docs/mame.txt
+++ b/docs/mame.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ II. Cost
 MAME is free. Its source code is free. The project as whole is under
 distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL-2.0),
 but most of code (including core functionality) is available under the
-BSD-3-~lause license.
+BSD-3-clause license.
 
 
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