diff --git a/testing/code/test_excinfo.py b/testing/code/test_excinfo.py
index d7771833a..7428a459c 100644
--- a/testing/code/test_excinfo.py
+++ b/testing/code/test_excinfo.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ def test_excinfo_no_python_sourcecode(tmpdir):
     excinfo = pytest.raises(ValueError, template.render, h=h)
     for item in excinfo.traceback:
         print(item)  # XXX: for some reason jinja.Template.render is printed in full
-        item.source  # shouldnt fail
+        item.source  # shouldn't fail
         if item.path.basename == "test.txt":
             assert str(item.source) == "{{ h()}}:"
 
diff --git a/testing/test_junitxml.py b/testing/test_junitxml.py
index bcf83b352..b56122d9b 100644
--- a/testing/test_junitxml.py
+++ b/testing/test_junitxml.py
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ def test_dont_configure_on_slaves(tmpdir):
             return "pytest"
 
         junitprefix = None
-        # XXX: shouldnt need tmpdir ?
+        # XXX: shouldn't need tmpdir ?
         xmlpath = str(tmpdir.join("junix.xml"))
         register = gotten.append