diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index e1733f42f..3cb91e1dc 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ Whole team is connected to IRC:
 server: 'irc.freenode.net', channels: '#weechat' (english) and '#weechat-fr' (french)
 
 
-See README file for licence detail.
+See README file for license detail.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 2c4c48528..61c9c7dc9 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
 License, Version 3 can be found in the file
 /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3
 
-Debian packaging (licenced under the GPLv3):
+Debian packaging (licensed under the GPLv3):
   Copyright(C) 2005-2008, Julien Louis <ptitlouis@sysif.net>
   Copyright(C) 2008-2009, Emmanuel Bouthenot <kolter@openics.org>