diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index cbb171f..4607125 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ To run the test suite, invoke::
    $ make check
 
 If the source has been checked out from a Git repository, the
-./configure script has to be generated fist. The easiest way is to use
-autoreconf::
+./configure script has to be generated first. The easiest way is to
+use autoreconf::
 
    $ autoreconf -i