diff --git a/salt/log/setup.py b/salt/log/setup.py
index dac92b937a..afbae24078 100644
--- a/salt/log/setup.py
+++ b/salt/log/setup.py
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ def setup_logfile_logger(log_path, log_level='error', log_format=None,
                 # Logging facilities start with LOG_ if this is not the case
                 # fail right now!
                 raise RuntimeError(
-                    'The syslog facility {0!r} is not know'.format(
+                    'The syslog facility {0!r} is not known'.format(
                         facility_name
                     )
                 )
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ def setup_logfile_logger(log_path, log_level='error', log_format=None,
             # This python syslog version does not know about the user provided
             # facility name
             raise RuntimeError(
-                'The syslog facility {0!r} is not know'.format(
+                'The syslog facility {0!r} is not known'.format(
                     facility_name
                 )
             )
diff --git a/salt/version.py b/salt/version.py
index 4e9c54db88..0c294cfc2c 100644
--- a/salt/version.py
+++ b/salt/version.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class SaltStackVersion(object):
     def from_name(cls, name):
         if name.lower() not in cls.LNAMES:
             raise ValueError(
-                'Named version {0!r} is not know'.format(name)
+                'Named version {0!r} is not known'.format(name)
             )
         return cls(*cls.LNAMES[name.lower()])