diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/profiles.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/profiles.adoc
index cea00d6023..116f246d1b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/profiles.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/profiles.adoc
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ For example, we can create a `production` group that consists of our `proddb` an
 	      - "prodmq"
 ----
 
-Our application can now be started using `--spring.profiles.active=production` to active the `production`, `proddb` and `prodmq` profiles in one hit.
+Our application can now be started using `--spring.profiles.active=production` to activate the `production`, `proddb` and `prodmq` profiles in one hit.
 
 
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/native-image/testing-native-applications.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/native-image/testing-native-applications.adoc
index 1a4a2cd85e..3eb115412c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/native-image/testing-native-applications.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/native-image/testing-native-applications.adoc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ $ java -Dspring.aot.enabled=true -jar myapplication.jar
 ----
 
 NOTE: You need to ensure that the jar you are testing includes AOT generated code.
-For Maven, this means that you should build with `-Pnative` to active the `native` profile.
+For Maven, this means that you should build with `-Pnative` to activate the `native` profile.
 For Gradle, you need to ensure that your build includes the `org.graalvm.buildtools.native` plugin.
 
 If your application starts with the `spring.aot.enabled` property set to `true`, then you have higher confidence that it will work when converted to a native image.