2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/usage.h b/include/usage.h
index be52f187f..3fce939bb 100644
--- a/include/usage.h
+++ b/include/usage.h
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@
      "\n        ::respawn:/bin/cttyhack /bin/sh" \
      "\nGiving controlling tty to shell running with PID 1:" \
      "\n        $ exec cttyhack sh" \
-     "\nStarting an interative shell from boot shell script:" \
+     "\nStarting interactive shell from boot shell script:" \
      "\n        setsid cttyhack sh" \
 
 #define cut_trivial_usage \
diff --git a/shell/Config.in b/shell/Config.in
index 36a931715..cf599dff4 100644
--- a/shell/Config.in
+++ b/shell/Config.in
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ config CTTYHACK
 
           $ exec cttyhack sh
 
-          Starting an interative shell from boot shell script:
+          Starting an interactive shell from boot shell script:
 
           setsid cttyhack sh