diff --git a/src/_pytest/config/argparsing.py b/src/_pytest/config/argparsing.py
index fa27aa620..830bbd2e2 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/config/argparsing.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/config/argparsing.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class Argument:
     _typ_map = {"int": int, "string": str, "float": float, "complex": complex}
 
     def __init__(self, *names: str, **attrs: Any) -> None:
-        """Store parms in private vars for use in add_argument."""
+        """Store params in private vars for use in add_argument."""
         self._attrs = attrs
         self._short_opts: List[str] = []
         self._long_opts: List[str] = []
diff --git a/src/_pytest/python_api.py b/src/_pytest/python_api.py
index 426b93ac2..10762ee7b 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/python_api.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/python_api.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class ApproxBase:
 
 
 def _recursive_sequence_map(f, x):
-    """Recursively map a function over a sequence of arbitary depth"""
+    """Recursively map a function over a sequence of arbitrary depth"""
     if isinstance(x, (list, tuple)):
         seq_type = type(x)
         return seq_type(_recursive_sequence_map(f, xi) for xi in x)