diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake b/bitbake/bin/bitbake
index 6ae5bfaf89..33e8933c90 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ Default BBFILES are the .bb files in the current directory.""" )
     parser.add_option( "-i", "--interactive", help = "drop into the interactive mode also called the BitBake shell.",
                action = "store_true", dest = "interactive", default = False )
 
-    parser.add_option( "-c", "--cmd", help = "Specify task to execute. Note that this only executes the specified task for the providee and the packages it depends on, i.e. 'compile' does not implicitly call stage for the dependencies (IOW: use only if you know what you are doing). Depending on the base.bbclass a listtaks tasks is defined and will show available tasks",
+    parser.add_option( "-c", "--cmd", help = "Specify task to execute. Note that this only executes the specified task for the providee and the packages it depends on, i.e. 'compile' does not implicitly call stage for the dependencies (IOW: use only if you know what you are doing). Depending on the base.bbclass a listtasks tasks is defined and will show available tasks",
                action = "store", dest = "cmd" )
 
     parser.add_option( "-r", "--read", help = "read the specified file before bitbake.conf",
diff --git a/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml b/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml
index 7eb12035ad..4db452747d 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ options:
                         it depends on, i.e. 'compile' does not implicitly call
                         stage for the dependencies (IOW: use only if you know
                         what you are doing). Depending on the base.bbclass a
-                        listtaks tasks is defined and will show available
+                        listtasks tasks is defined and will show available
                         tasks
   -r FILE, --read=FILE  read the specified file before bitbake.conf
   -v, --verbose         output more chit-chat to the terminal