diff --git a/phoenix-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/util/UpgradeUtil.java b/phoenix-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/util/UpgradeUtil.java
index 39437aa25f0..99da67ac09a 100644
--- a/phoenix-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/util/UpgradeUtil.java
+++ b/phoenix-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/util/UpgradeUtil.java
@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@ public static void upgradeTable(PhoenixConnection conn, String srcTable)
         conn.commit();
       } else {
         throw new RuntimeException(
-          "Error: problem occured during upgrade. " + "Table is not upgraded successfully");
+          "Error: problem occurred during upgrade. " + "Table is not upgraded successfully");
       }
       if (table.getType() == PTableType.VIEW) {
         LOGGER
diff --git a/phoenix-pherf/src/test/java/org/apache/phoenix/pherf/ConfigurationParserTest.java b/phoenix-pherf/src/test/java/org/apache/phoenix/pherf/ConfigurationParserTest.java
index 58805eb16bc..3ac54752158 100644
--- a/phoenix-pherf/src/test/java/org/apache/phoenix/pherf/ConfigurationParserTest.java
+++ b/phoenix-pherf/src/test/java/org/apache/phoenix/pherf/ConfigurationParserTest.java
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ private String writeXML() {
       // Writing to console
       jaxbMarshaller.marshal(data, System.out);
     } catch (JAXBException e) {
-      // some exception occured
+      // some exception occurred
       e.printStackTrace();
     }
     return data.toString();