diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/gdal.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/gdal.txt
index 6491e7cb76..b3f168ed4a 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/gdal.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/gdal.txt
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ supports reading data from a variety of GDAL-supported geospatial file
 formats and data sources using a simple, consistent interface.  Each
 data source is represented by a :class:`GDALRaster` object which contains
 one or more layers of data named bands.  Each band, represented by a
-:class:`GDALBand` object, contains georeferenced image data. For exemple, an RGB
+:class:`GDALBand` object, contains georeferenced image data. For example, an RGB
 image is represented as three bands: one for red, one for green, and one for
 blue.
 
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ blue.
 
 .. class:: GDALBand
 
-    ``GDALBand`` instances are not created explicitely, but rather obtained
+    ``GDALBand`` instances are not created explicitly, but rather obtained
     from a :class:`GDALRaster` object, through its :attr:`~GDALRaster.bands`
     attribute.
 
diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist b/docs/spelling_wordlist
index cbd4e3d5c7..a80391e292 100644
--- a/docs/spelling_wordlist
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ geolocalized
 geolocated
 geolocation
 geoquerysets
+georeference
+georeferenced
+georeferencing
 geospatial
 Geospatial
 Gettext