diff --git a/docs/local-development.md b/docs/local-development.md
index 642b7a4335cac1e2c8dadd0fceda5cee1dc7324a..0406ece950f00113f12f6a34f6f2932fa2256c19 100644
--- a/docs/local-development.md
+++ b/docs/local-development.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ You can run just the Jest unit tests by running `yarn jest`. You can also run ju
 #### Coverage
 
 The Renovate project maintains 100% test coverage, so any Pull Request will fail if it does not contain full coverage for code.
-Using `// instanbul ignore` is not ideal but sometimes is a pragmatic solution if an additional test wouldn't really prove anything.
+Using `// istanbul ignore` is not ideal but sometimes is a pragmatic solution if an additional test wouldn't really prove anything.
 
 To view the current test coverage locally, open up `coverage/lcov-report/index.html` in your browser.
 
diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/release-notes.js b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/release-notes.js
index 870e0593536acdc03cbf273224d4652bf8aeaaad..aece052a1d5a7b0a2de311cb899afc3d4a27196b 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/release-notes.js
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/release-notes.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function sectionize(text, level) {
 async function getReleaseNotesMd(repository, version, githubBaseURL) {
   logger.trace(`getReleaseNotes(${repository}, ${version})`);
   const skippedRepos = ['facebook/react-native'];
-  // instanbul ignore if
+  // istanbul ignore if
   if (skippedRepos.includes(repository)) {
     return null;
   }