diff --git a/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt b/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt
index fff23a01b0..4035409db0 100644
--- a/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt
+++ b/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt
@@ -2262,6 +2262,7 @@ Nmols
 nn
 nnodes
 Nocedal
+nO
 nocite
 nocoeff
 nodeless
@@ -3656,6 +3657,7 @@ Yc
 ycm
 Yeh
 yellowgreen
+yEs
 Yethiraj
 yflag
 yhi
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index 53077a3d5a..be1429e739 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ namespace utils {
                                        LAMMPS *lmp);
 
   /*! Convert a string to a boolean while checking whether it is a valid boolean term.
-   *  Valid terms are 'yes', 'no', 'true', 'false', 'on', 'off', '1', '0'. Capilatization
+   *  Valid terms are 'yes', 'no', 'true', 'false', 'on', 'off', '1', '0'. Capitalization
    *  will be ignored (thus 'yEs' or 'nO' are valid, 'yeah' or 'nope' are not).
    *
    *  \param file     name of source file for error message