diff --git a/R/case-when.R b/R/case-when.R
index ea3f941f37..d69473fe08 100644
--- a/R/case-when.R
+++ b/R/case-when.R
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #' This function allows you to vectorise multiple [if_else()] statements. Each
 #' case is evaluated sequentially and the first match for each element
 #' determines the corresponding value in the output vector. If no cases match,
-#' the `.default` is used as a final "else" statment.
+#' the `.default` is used as a final "else" statement.
 #'
 #' `case_when()` is an R equivalent of the SQL "searched" `CASE WHEN` statement.
 #'
diff --git a/man/case_when.Rd b/man/case_when.Rd
index e6ea81af44..16932f0877 100644
--- a/man/case_when.Rd
+++ b/man/case_when.Rd
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ in \code{...}.
 This function allows you to vectorise multiple \code{\link[=if_else]{if_else()}} statements. Each
 case is evaluated sequentially and the first match for each element
 determines the corresponding value in the output vector. If no cases match,
-the \code{.default} is used as a final "else" statment.
+the \code{.default} is used as a final "else" statement.
 
 \code{case_when()} is an R equivalent of the SQL "searched" \verb{CASE WHEN} statement.
 }