diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/barebox/barebox,state.rst b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/barebox/barebox,state.rst
index 4be5f2f..872bac0 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/barebox/barebox,state.rst
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/barebox/barebox,state.rst
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
 .. _barebox,state_backend_stridesize:
 
 The ``backend-stridesize`` is still optional but required whenever the
-underlaying backend doesn't provide an information how to pad an instance of a
-*state* variable set. This is valid for all underlaying backends which support
+underlying backend doesn't provide an information how to pad an instance of a
+*state* variable set. This is valid for all underlying backends which support
 writes on a byte-by-byte manner or don't have eraseblocks (EEPROM, SRAM and NOR
 type flash backends).
 The ``backend-stridesize`` value is used by the ``direct`` backend storage type