diff --git a/src/darker/__main__.py b/src/darker/__main__.py
index 117bdb00e..bff3c6a0d 100644
--- a/src/darker/__main__.py
+++ b/src/darker/__main__.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def _isort_and_blacken_single_file(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
 
     """
     # With VSCode, `relative_path_in_rev2` may be a `.py.<HASH>.tmp` file in the
-    # working tree insted of a `.py` file.
+    # working tree instead of a `.py` file.
     absolute_path_in_rev2 = root / relative_path_in_rev2
     rev2_content = git_get_content_at_revision(
         relative_path_in_rev2, revrange.rev2, root
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/test_import_sorting.py b/src/darker/tests/test_import_sorting.py
index 3797bf420..8e00fa670 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/test_import_sorting.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/test_import_sorting.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ def test_isort_file_skip_comment():
     ),
 )
 def test_diff_overlaps_with_edits(edited_linenums, isort_chunks, expect):
-    """Overlapping edits and import sortings are detected correctly"""
+    """Overlapping edits and sorting of imports are detected correctly"""
     result = darker.import_sorting._diff_overlaps_with_edits(
         edited_linenums, isort_chunks
     )