diff --git a/gdb/gdbarch.h b/gdb/gdbarch.h
index 9a1fa19dfa..02bf7c77d2 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbarch.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbarch.h
@@ -2594,7 +2594,7 @@ extern int gdbarch_update_p (struct gdbarch_info info);
    The per-architecture data-pointer is either initialized explicitly
    (set_gdbarch_data()) or implicitly (by INIT() via a call to
    gdbarch_data()).  FREE() is called to delete either an existing
-   data-poitner overridden by set_gdbarch_data() or when the
+   data-pointer overridden by set_gdbarch_data() or when the
    architecture object is being deleted.
 
    When a previously created architecture is re-selected, the
diff --git a/gdb/gdbarch.sh b/gdb/gdbarch.sh
index c95fa4b38c..abe50e9608 100755
--- a/gdb/gdbarch.sh
+++ b/gdb/gdbarch.sh
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ extern int gdbarch_update_p (struct gdbarch_info info);
    The per-architecture data-pointer is either initialized explicitly
    (set_gdbarch_data()) or implicitly (by INIT() via a call to
    gdbarch_data()).  FREE() is called to delete either an existing
-   data-poitner overridden by set_gdbarch_data() or when the
+   data-pointer overridden by set_gdbarch_data() or when the
    architecture object is being deleted.
 
    When a previously created architecture is re-selected, the