diff --git a/cmd/flux/bootstrap.go b/cmd/flux/bootstrap.go
index de02154a1e..7f0024f273 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func init() {
 
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.commitMessageAppendix, "commit-message-appendix", "", "string to add to the commit messages, e.g. '[ci skip]'")
 
-	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&bootstrapArgs.force, "force", false, "override existing Flux installation if it's managed by a diffrent tool such as Helm")
+	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&bootstrapArgs.force, "force", false, "override existing Flux installation if it's managed by a different tool such as Helm")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().MarkHidden("manifests")
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(bootstrapCmd)
diff --git a/cmd/flux/install.go b/cmd/flux/install.go
index bf0ee758de..9266526500 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/install.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/install.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func init() {
 	installCmd.Flags().StringVar(&installArgs.clusterDomain, "cluster-domain", rootArgs.defaults.ClusterDomain, "internal cluster domain")
 	installCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&installArgs.tolerationKeys, "toleration-keys", nil,
 		"list of toleration keys used to schedule the components pods onto nodes with matching taints")
-	installCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&installArgs.force, "force", false, "override existing Flux installation if it's managed by a diffrent tool such as Helm")
+	installCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&installArgs.force, "force", false, "override existing Flux installation if it's managed by a different tool such as Helm")
 	installCmd.Flags().MarkHidden("manifests")
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(installCmd)