diff --git a/doc/saio/swift/object-expirer.conf b/doc/saio/swift/object-expirer.conf
index 5610f69afd..6e77e9cdf7 100644
--- a/doc/saio/swift/object-expirer.conf
+++ b/doc/saio/swift/object-expirer.conf
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ interval = 300
 #   config value
 # processes = 0
 # process is which of the parts a particular process will work on
-# process can also be specified on the command line and will overide the config
+# process can also be specified on the command line and will override the config
 #   value
 # process is "zero based", if you want to use 3 processes, you should run
 #  processes with process set to 0, 1, and 2
diff --git a/etc/object-expirer.conf-sample b/etc/object-expirer.conf-sample
index 87840a48bf..6276fd5cfa 100644
--- a/etc/object-expirer.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/object-expirer.conf-sample
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #   config value
 # processes = 0
 # process is which of the parts a particular process will work on
-# process can also be specified on the command line and will overide the config
+# process can also be specified on the command line and will override the config
 #   value
 # process is "zero based", if you want to use 3 processes, you should run
 #  processes with process set to 0, 1, and 2