diff --git a/Source/cmFunctionCommand.h b/Source/cmFunctionCommand.h
index ced821899..cd377789b 100644
--- a/Source/cmFunctionCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmFunctionCommand.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public:
       "will have the actual values of the arguments passed in. This "
       "facilitates creating functions with optional arguments. Additionally "
       "ARGV holds the list of all arguments given to the function and ARGN "
-      "holds the list of argument pass the last expected argument."
+      "holds the list of argument past the last expected argument."
       "\n"
       "See the cmake_policy() command documentation for the behavior of "
       "policies inside functions."
diff --git a/Source/cmMacroCommand.h b/Source/cmMacroCommand.h
index 55da26ed8..a2a13cb95 100644
--- a/Source/cmMacroCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmMacroCommand.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public:
       "facilitates creating macros with optional arguments. Additionally "
       "${ARGV} holds the list of all arguments given to the macro and "
       "${ARGN} "
-      "holds the list of argument pass the last expected argument. "
+      "holds the list of argument past the last expected argument. "
       "Note that the parameters to a macro and values such as ARGN "
       "are not variables in the usual CMake sense. They are string "
       "replacements much like the c preprocessor would do with a "