diff --git a/apps/portlet/README.txt b/apps/portlet/README.txt
index efcb67bbc..e46d341eb 100644
--- a/apps/portlet/README.txt
+++ b/apps/portlet/README.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ For more on getting started with Struts, see
 
 WARNING - Additional configuration required for deployment
 
-Due to difference in portlet contrainer implementations, the porlet
-WAR is not ready-to-run. Extract the porlet WAR, and then copy the
+Due to difference in portlet container implementations, the portlet
+WAR is not ready-to-run. Extract the portlet WAR, and then copy the
 contents of apps/portlet/src/main/etc/<your_portal_server>/ into the
 WAR's WEB-INF directory.