diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9de810a..ab3663b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Table of Contents
     - [Using private Git repositories](#using-private-git-repositories)
 - [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
     - [Deploying peer dependencies](#deploying-peer-dependencies)
-    - [Striping optional dependencies](#striping-optional-dependencies)
+    - [Stripping optional dependencies](#striping-optional-dependencies)
     - [Updating the package lock file](#updating-the-package-lock-file)
     - [Disabling running NPM install](#disabling-running-npm-install)
 - [API documentation](#api-documentation)
@@ -596,8 +596,8 @@ deploy. To generate expressions that install peer dependencies, you can add the
 $ node2nix --include-peer-dependencies
 ```
 
-Striping optional dependencies
-------------------------------
+Stripping optional dependencies
+-------------------------------
 When NPM packages with optional dependencies are published to the NPM registry,
 the optional dependencies become regular runtime dependencies. As a result,
 when deploying a package with a broken optional dependency, the deployment
diff --git a/lib/Package.js b/lib/Package.js
index 5d66e14..be8bf30 100644
--- a/lib/Package.js
+++ b/lib/Package.js
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Package.prototype.resolveDependenciesFromLockedDependencies = function(dependenc
 
             if(dependency.bundled) { // Bundled dependencies should not be included
                 callback();
-            } else if(self.deploymentConfig.stripOptionalDependencies && dependency.optional) { // When striping optional dependencies feature has been enabled, remove all optional dependencies
+            } else if(self.deploymentConfig.stripOptionalDependencies && dependency.optional) { // When the stripping optional dependencies feature has been enabled, remove all optional dependencies
                 callback();
             } else if(self.production && dependency.dev) { // Development dependencies should not be included in production mode
                 callback();
diff --git a/nix/node-env.nix b/nix/node-env.nix
index 4c3174d..57dbf79 100644
--- a/nix/node-env.nix
+++ b/nix/node-env.nix
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ let
         ++ stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin) libtool
         ++ buildInputs;
 
-      inherit dontStrip; # Striping may fail a build for some package deployments
+      inherit dontStrip; # Stripping may fail a build for some package deployments
       inherit dontNpmInstall preRebuild unpackPhase buildPhase;
 
       compositionScript = composePackage args;
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ let
           ++ stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin) libtool
           ++ buildInputs;
 
-        inherit dontStrip; # Striping may fail a build for some package deployments
+        inherit dontStrip; # Stripping may fail a build for some package deployments
         inherit dontNpmInstall unpackPhase buildPhase;
 
         includeScript = includeDependencies { inherit dependencies; };