diff --git a/bookwyrm/connectors/connector_manager.py b/bookwyrm/connectors/connector_manager.py
index 4330d4ac2..d7e2aad4b 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/connectors/connector_manager.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/connectors/connector_manager.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ async def async_connector_search(query, items, min_confidence):
 
 
 def search(query, min_confidence=0.1, return_first=False):
-    """find books based on arbitary keywords"""
+    """find books based on arbitrary keywords"""
     if not query:
         return []
     results = []
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templatetags/utilities.py b/bookwyrm/templatetags/utilities.py
index 834d39a14..4aaf6b8a7 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templatetags/utilities.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/templatetags/utilities.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def get_uuid(identifier):
 
 @register.simple_tag(takes_context=False)
 def join(*args):
-    """concatenate an arbitary set of values"""
+    """concatenate an arbitrary set of values"""
     return "_".join(str(a) for a in args)