diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21087ba..df12ea8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/jbussdieker/ruby-rsync/badge.png)](https://coveralls.io/r/jbussdieker/ruby-rsync)
 [![Dependency Status](https://gemnasium.com/jbussdieker/ruby-rsync.svg)](https://gemnasium.com/jbussdieker/ruby-rsync)
 
-Ruby/Rsync is a Ruby library that can syncronize files between remote hosts by wrapping a call to the rsync binary.
+Ruby/Rsync is a Ruby library that can synchronize files between remote hosts by wrapping a call to the rsync binary.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/rsync.gemspec b/rsync.gemspec
index 5e10b4d..3ce1916 100644
--- a/rsync.gemspec
+++ b/rsync.gemspec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.version       = Rsync::VERSION
   spec.authors       = ["Joshua Bussdieker"]
   spec.email         = ["jbussdieker@gmail.com"]
-  spec.summary       = %q{Ruby/Rsync is a Ruby library that can syncronize files between remote hosts by wrapping a call to the rsync binary.}
+  spec.summary       = %q{Ruby/Rsync is a Ruby library that can synchronize files between remote hosts by wrapping a call to the rsync binary.}
   spec.homepage      = "http://github.com/jbussdieker/ruby-rsync"
   spec.license       = "MIT"