diff --git a/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.ipynb b/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.ipynb
index 44dfc399..f7b4318f 100644
--- a/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.ipynb
+++ b/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.ipynb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
     "We then create the mesh, which will consist of hexahedral elements, along with the function space.\n",
-    "As we want a vector element with three compoenets, we add `(3, )` or `(domain.geometry.dim, )` to the element tuple to make it a triplet\n",
+    "As we want a vector element with three components, we add `(3, )` or `(domain.geometry.dim, )` to the element tuple to make it a triplet\n",
     "However, we also could have used `basix.ufl`s functionality, creating a vector element `element = basix.ufl.element(\"Lagrange\", domain.topology.cell_name(), 1, shape=(domain.geometry.dim,))`, and initializing the function space as `V = dolfinx.fem.functionspace(domain, element)`."
    ]
   },
diff --git a/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.py b/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.py
index 2aae0bfc..19789e18 100644
--- a/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.py
+++ b/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 g = gamma
 
 # We then create the mesh, which will consist of hexahedral elements, along with the function space.
-# As we want a vector element with three compoenets, we add `(3, )` or `(domain.geometry.dim, )` to the element tuple to make it a triplet
+# As we want a vector element with three components, we add `(3, )` or `(domain.geometry.dim, )` to the element tuple to make it a triplet
 # However, we also could have used `basix.ufl`s functionality, creating a vector element `element = basix.ufl.element("Lagrange", domain.topology.cell_name(), 1, shape=(domain.geometry.dim,))`, and initializing the function space as `V = dolfinx.fem.functionspace(domain, element)`.
 
 domain = mesh.create_box(MPI.COMM_WORLD, [np.array([0, 0, 0]), np.array([L, W, W])],