diff --git a/clients/nitrogen/config/config.cpp b/clients/nitrogen/config/config.cpp
index b7a609083d..2af1e23966 100644
--- a/clients/nitrogen/config/config.cpp
+++ b/clients/nitrogen/config/config.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ namespace Nitrogen
       ( "http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Nitrogen?content=99551" ) );
     
     aboutData.addAuthor( 
-      ki18n( "Hugo Pereira Da Costa" ), ki18n( "Developper" ),
+      ki18n( "Hugo Pereira Da Costa" ), ki18n( "Developer" ),
       "hugo.pereira@free.fr",
       "http://hugo.pereira.free.fr/index.php" );
     
diff --git a/clients/nitrogen/config/nitrogenexceptiondialog.cpp b/clients/nitrogen/config/nitrogenexceptiondialog.cpp
index 5bd0f57d6c..262b4b7303 100644
--- a/clients/nitrogen/config/nitrogenexceptiondialog.cpp
+++ b/clients/nitrogen/config/nitrogenexceptiondialog.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace Nitrogen
       << NitrogenException::typeName( NitrogenException::WindowClassName )
       << NitrogenException::typeName( NitrogenException::WindowTitle ) );
     type_combobox_->setToolTip( i18n(
-      "Select here the window caracteristic used to \n"
+      "Select here the window characteristic used to \n"
       "identify windows to which the exception apply." ) );
     
     label->setAlignment( Qt::AlignRight );