diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index e9f4d82f2d8..78c3cc0bedc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -326,6 +326,6 @@ Examples of basic usage::
    pseudo-random number generator", Applied Statistics 31 (1982) 188-190.
 
    `Complementary-Multiply-with-Carry recipe
-   <http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576707/>`_ for a compatable alternative
-   random number generator with a long-period and comparatively simple update
+   <http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576707/>`_ for a compatible alternative
+   random number generator with a long period and comparatively simple update
    operations.