diff --git a/include/usage.h b/include/usage.h
index 0e606609d..d5cf4cc1d 100644
--- a/include/usage.h
+++ b/include/usage.h
@@ -2716,7 +2716,7 @@
 "loading). modprobe uses a configuration file to determine what option(s) to\n" \
 "pass each module it loads.\n" \
 "\n" \
-"The configuration file is searched (in order) amongst:\n" \
+"The configuration file is searched (in this order):\n" \
 "\n" \
 "    /etc/modprobe.conf (2.6 only)\n" \
 "    /etc/modules.conf\n" \
diff --git a/networking/Config.in b/networking/Config.in
index dc0de9a37..7410fcb4b 100644
--- a/networking/Config.in
+++ b/networking/Config.in
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ config FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE
 	default n
 	depends on TRACEROUTE
 	help
-	  Add some verbosity to traceroute. This includes amongst other things
+	  Add some verbosity to traceroute. This includes among other things
 	  hostnames and ICMP response types.
 
 config FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_SOURCE_ROUTE