diff --git a/src/mbsync.1 b/src/mbsync.1
index 2b44bc2..ecb1e95 100644
--- a/src/mbsync.1
+++ b/src/mbsync.1
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ directory.
 Messages larger than that will not be propagated into this Store.
 This is useful for weeding out messages with large attachments.
 \fBK\fR and \fBM\fR can be appended to the size to specify KiBytes resp.
-MeBytes instead of bytes. \fBB\fR is accepted but superflous.
+MeBytes instead of bytes. \fBB\fR is accepted but superfluous.
 If \fIsize\fR is 0, the maximum message size is \fBunlimited\fR.
 (Default: \fI0\fR)
 ..
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ will prompt you for it.
 \fBTunnel\fR \fIcommand\fR
 Specify a command to run to establish a connection rather than opening a TCP
 socket.  This allows you to run an IMAP session over an SSH tunnel, for
-example.  This makes most other IMAPAccount options superflous.
+example.  This makes most other IMAPAccount options superfluous.
 ..
 .TP
 \fBRequireCRAM\fR \fIyes\fR|\fIno\fR