diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 9cdd303c8d..554caa2cbd 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ An "item:before:render" event will be triggered just before the
 view is rendered
 
 ```js
-MyView = Backbone.Marionette.ItemVIew.extend({...});
+MyView = Backbone.Marionette.ItemView.extend({...});
 
 var myView = new MyView();
 
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ An "item:rendered" event will be triggered just after the view
 has been rendered.
 
 ```js
-MyView = Backbone.Marionette.ItemVIew.extend({...});
+MyView = Backbone.Marionette.ItemView.extend({...});
 
 var myView = new MyView();
 
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ view closing itself. This event fires when the `close` method of
 the view is called.
 
 ```js
-MyView = Backbone.Marionette.ItemVIew.extend({...});
+MyView = Backbone.Marionette.ItemView.extend({...});
 
 var myView = new MyView();
 
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ view closes. This event fires when the `close` method of
 the view is called.
 
 ```js
-MyView = Backbone.Marionette.ItemVIew.extend({...});
+MyView = Backbone.Marionette.ItemView.extend({...});
 
 var myView = new MyView();
 
diff --git a/src/backbone.marionette.js b/src/backbone.marionette.js
index 85cb2a3e54..9acb576a57 100644
--- a/src/backbone.marionette.js
+++ b/src/backbone.marionette.js
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ Backbone.Marionette = (function(Backbone, _, $){
   // Configure an AppRouter with `appRoutes`.
   //
   // App routers can only take one `controller` object. 
-  // It is reocmmended that you divide your controller
+  // It is recommended that you divide your controller
   // objects in to smaller peices of related functionality
   // and have multiple routers / controllers, instead of
   // just one giant router and controller.