diff --git a/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.ipynb b/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.ipynb
index c721bb35..44dfc399 100644
--- a/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.ipynb
+++ b/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.ipynb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
    "source": [
     "We then create the mesh, which will consist of hexahedral elements, along with the function space.\n",
     "As we want a vector element with three compoenets, we add `(3, )` or `(domain.geometry.dim, )` to the element tuple to make it a triplet\n",
-    "However, we also could have used `basix.ufl`s functionality, creating a vector element `element = basix.ufl.element(\"Lagrange\", domain.topology.cell_name(), 1, shape=(domain.geometry.dim,))`, and intitializing the function space as `V = dolfinx.fem.functionspace(domain, element)`."
+    "However, we also could have used `basix.ufl`s functionality, creating a vector element `element = basix.ufl.element(\"Lagrange\", domain.topology.cell_name(), 1, shape=(domain.geometry.dim,))`, and initializing the function space as `V = dolfinx.fem.functionspace(domain, element)`."
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.py b/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.py
index ea26f96c..2aae0bfc 100644
--- a/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.py
+++ b/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 # We then create the mesh, which will consist of hexahedral elements, along with the function space.
 # As we want a vector element with three compoenets, we add `(3, )` or `(domain.geometry.dim, )` to the element tuple to make it a triplet
-# However, we also could have used `basix.ufl`s functionality, creating a vector element `element = basix.ufl.element("Lagrange", domain.topology.cell_name(), 1, shape=(domain.geometry.dim,))`, and intitializing the function space as `V = dolfinx.fem.functionspace(domain, element)`.
+# However, we also could have used `basix.ufl`s functionality, creating a vector element `element = basix.ufl.element("Lagrange", domain.topology.cell_name(), 1, shape=(domain.geometry.dim,))`, and initializing the function space as `V = dolfinx.fem.functionspace(domain, element)`.
 
 domain = mesh.create_box(MPI.COMM_WORLD, [np.array([0, 0, 0]), np.array([L, W, W])],
                          [20, 6, 6], cell_type=mesh.CellType.hexahedron)