diff --git a/drivers/include/periph/doc.txt b/drivers/include/periph/doc.txt
index e1978fefa1..e7ed7caf51 100644
--- a/drivers/include/periph/doc.txt
+++ b/drivers/include/periph/doc.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 /**
  * @defgroup    driver_periph
  * @ingroup     driver
- * @brief       Low-level periphial drivers
+ * @brief       Low-level peripheral drivers
  *
- * The module contains the low-level periphial driver layer. It consists of a set
+ * The module contains the low-level peripheral driver layer. It consists of a set
  * of platform independent interface definitions and cpu specific implementations
  * for every targeted platform.
  */