diff --git a/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst b/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst
index 03c5deffe..b304d581d 100644
--- a/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ RetryMiddleware
 
 .. class:: RetryMiddleware
 
-   A middlware to retry failed requests that are potentially caused by
+   A middleware to retry failed requests that are potentially caused by
    temporary problems such as a connection timeout or HTTP 500 error.
 
 Failed pages are collected on the scraping process and rescheduled at the
diff --git a/docs/topics/exceptions.rst b/docs/topics/exceptions.rst
index 8a10ee796..9f8d16d84 100644
--- a/docs/topics/exceptions.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/exceptions.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ remain disabled. Those components include:
 
  * Extensions
  * Item pipelines
- * Downloader middlwares
+ * Downloader middlewares
  * Spider middlewares
 
 The exception must be raised in the component constructor.