diff --git a/handshake_client.go b/handshake_client.go
index 89bdd59..6eda18d 100644
--- a/handshake_client.go
+++ b/handshake_client.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ NextCipherSuite:
 
 	// Session resumption is not allowed if renegotiating because
 	// renegotiation is primarily used to allow a client to send a client
-	// certificate, which would be skipped if session resumption occured.
+	// certificate, which would be skipped if session resumption occurred.
 	if sessionCache != nil && c.handshakes == 0 {
 		// Try to resume a previously negotiated TLS session, if
 		// available.
diff --git a/handshake_client_test.go b/handshake_client_test.go
index 69ac15b..5851f89 100644
--- a/handshake_client_test.go
+++ b/handshake_client_test.go
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func (test *clientTest) run(t *testing.T, write bool) {
 				}
 
 				if expected := i + 1; client.handshakes != expected {
-					t.Errorf("client should have recorded %d handshakes, but believes that %d have occured", expected, client.handshakes)
+					t.Errorf("client should have recorded %d handshakes, but believes that %d have occurred", expected, client.handshakes)
 				}
 			}()