diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
index 30730a6601..b8d2585fd9 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ public class SpringApplication {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Sets the type of web application to be run. If not explicity set the type of web
+	 * Sets the type of web application to be run. If not explicitly set the type of web
 	 * application will be deduced based on the classpath.
 	 * @param webApplicationType the web application type
 	 * @since 2.0.0
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/builder/SpringApplicationBuilder.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/builder/SpringApplicationBuilder.java
index c9ae80cd69..34b8b8506a 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/builder/SpringApplicationBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/builder/SpringApplicationBuilder.java
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ public class SpringApplicationBuilder {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Flag to explicity request a specific type of web application. Auto-detected based
+	 * Flag to explicitly request a specific type of web application. Auto-detected based
 	 * on the classpath if not set.
 	 * @param webApplication the type of web application
 	 * @return the current builder
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationTests.java
index 1d519ee253..a8f4ae5832 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationTests.java
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ public class SpringApplicationTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void triggersConfigFileApplicationListenereBeforeBinding() throws Exception {
+	public void triggersConfigFileApplicationListenerBeforeBinding() throws Exception {
 		SpringApplication application = new SpringApplication(ExampleConfig.class);
 		application.setWebEnvironment(false);
 		this.context = application.run("--spring.config.name=bindtoapplication");