diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/cli/DefaultParser.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/cli/DefaultParser.java
index 2cee432..d762a3e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/cli/DefaultParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/cli/DefaultParser.java
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@
      *
      * <ul>
      *  <li>ignore the first character ("<b>-</b>")</li>
-     *  <li>foreach remaining character check if an {@link Option}
+     *  <li>for each remaining character check if an {@link Option}
      *  exists with that id.</li>
      *  <li>if an {@link Option} does exist then add that character
      *  prepended with "<b>-</b>" to the list of processed tokens.</li>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/cli/PosixParser.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/cli/PosixParser.java
index c13a65e..4a79017 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/cli/PosixParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/cli/PosixParser.java
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
      *
      * <ul>
      *  <li>ignore the first character ("<b>-</b>")</li>
-     *  <li>foreach remaining character check if an {@link Option}
+     *  <li>for each remaining character check if an {@link Option}
      *  exists with that id.</li>
      *  <li>if an {@link Option} does exist then add that character
      *  prepended with "<b>-</b>" to the list of processed tokens.</li>