diff --git a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
index 78ef83ef99..efbabc0211 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pub fn init() -> Result<()> {
     let cargo_path = env::current_dir()?;
     if !cargo_path.join("pageserver/Cargo.toml").exists() {
         anyhow::bail!(
-            "Current dirrectory does not look like a zenith repo. \
+            "Current directory does not look like a zenith repo. \
             Please, run 'init' from zenith repo root."
         );
     }
diff --git a/zenith/src/main.rs b/zenith/src/main.rs
index 8cbd97e1ea..69a31efdae 100644
--- a/zenith/src/main.rs
+++ b/zenith/src/main.rs
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         .required(true);
     let matches = App::new("zenith")
         .about("Zenith CLI")
-        .subcommand(
-            SubCommand::with_name("init")
-                .about("Initialize a new Zenith repository in current directory"),
-        )
+        .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("init").about("Initialize a new Zenith repository"))
         .subcommand(
             SubCommand::with_name("branch")
                 .about("Create a new branch")
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let repopath = zenith_repo_dir();
     if !repopath.exists() {
         bail!(
-            "Zenith repository does not exists in {}.\n\
+            "Zenith repository does not exist in {}.\n\
                Set ZENITH_REPO_DIR or initialize a new repository with 'zenith init'",
             repopath.display()
         );