diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 294ca05..453e19a 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ Suggests:
     withr
 URL: https://github.com/gaborcsardi/parsedate
 BugReports: https://github.com/gaborcsardi/parsedate/issues
-RoxygenNote: 6.1.1
+RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
 Encoding: UTF-8
diff --git a/R/parsedate-package.r b/R/parsedate-package.r
index 02a37da..828ad09 100644
--- a/R/parsedate-package.r
+++ b/R/parsedate-package.r
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ yj <- function(x) as.POSIXct(x, format = "%Y %j", tz = "UTC")
 #' }
 #' \code{parse_date} returns quickly in case of empty input elements.
 #'
-#' All dates are returned in the UTC time zone. If you preder a different
+#' All dates are returned in the UTC time zone. If you prefer a different
 #' time zone, simply use `.POSIXct()` on the result, see examples below.
 #'
 #' @param dates A character vector. An error is reported if
diff --git a/man/parse_date.Rd b/man/parse_date.Rd
index 9eeb88e..2abcdc9 100644
--- a/man/parse_date.Rd
+++ b/man/parse_date.Rd
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ algorithm is the following:
 \code{parse_date} returns quickly in case of empty input elements.
 }
 \details{
-All dates are returned in the UTC time zone. If you preder a different
+All dates are returned in the UTC time zone. If you prefer a different
 time zone, simply use `.POSIXct()` on the result, see examples below.
 }
 \examples{