diff --git a/etc/mail/README b/etc/mail/README
index a793652405c5..4a3c38026439 100644
--- a/etc/mail/README
+++ b/etc/mail/README
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ only, as explained in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.additions.) These
 rulesets use three databases.  The denyip, a list of IP addresses,
 spamsites, a list of domains, and fakenames, a list of bogus
 usernames (such as investor and success).  We do not accept mail
-from any machine that matches a entry in either database, or usersr
+from any machine that matches a entry in either database, or users
 in the fakenames database.
 
 Filtering at your site:
diff --git a/etc/mail/sendmail.cf.additions b/etc/mail/sendmail.cf.additions
index 6adedac8c06e..2710d1c1182b 100644
--- a/etc/mail/sendmail.cf.additions
+++ b/etc/mail/sendmail.cf.additions
@@ -109,6 +109,6 @@ R<$*> $*		$: $1
 # R$* $=R			$@ OK
 # R$@			$@ OK
 # R$*			$#error $: "550 Relaying Denied"
-# mail must come from or go to this machine or machines we allow to relay--BEGIN
+# mail must come from or go to this machine or machines we allow to relay--END
 R$*			$@ OK