diff --git a/app/views/answers/edit.html.erb b/app/views/answers/edit.html.erb
index 3c0486c73de0507e9eb31a6e0e4c10f8e6710d32..84b984f4eee24a9842584765cfd4c88317622afd 100644
--- a/app/views/answers/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/answers/edit.html.erb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <div class="form-group">
     <%= label_tag :edit_comment, 'Edit comment', class: "form-element" %>
     <div class="form-caption">
-      Describe—if neccessary—what you are changing and why you are making this edit.
+      Describe—if necessary—what you are changing and why you are making this edit.
     </div>
     <%= text_field_tag :edit_comment, params[:edit_comment], class: 'form-element' %>
   </div>
diff --git a/app/views/questions/_form.html.erb b/app/views/questions/_form.html.erb
index 8e1e688ae5a97f97ac53ddee7c3c35e059560c68..5b90d5e14e8eb7095d8a45e41785f7c9fb09b5b4 100644
--- a/app/views/questions/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/questions/_form.html.erb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <div class="form-group">
       <%= label_tag :edit_comment, 'Edit comment', class: "form-element" %>
       <div class="form-caption">
-        Describe&mdash;if neccessary&mdash;what you are changing and why you are making this edit.
+        Describe&mdash;if necessary&mdash;what you are changing and why you are making this edit.
       </div>
       <%= text_field_tag :edit_comment, params[:edit_comment], class: 'form-element' %>
     </div>