diff --git a/commands/core/core.drush.inc b/commands/core/core.drush.inc
index d702205..75cbe9d 100644
--- a/commands/core/core.drush.inc
+++ b/commands/core/core.drush.inc
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ function core_drush_command() {
       'drush perms www-admin:www-data www-data --strict' => 'Set permissions with "www-admin" as the user owner and "www-data" as the group owner of the code files, and "www-data" as both the owner and group of "Files" and "Private". Other users not in the www-data group will not be able to read any files. Suitable for use in a typical site running on a shared server. The web server user / php process MUST be a member of the group "www-data".',
       'drush perms bob:devs www-data:devs --lax' => 'Set permissions with "bob" as the user owner and "devs" as the group owner.  "Files" and "Private" will be world-writable.  Members of group "devs" will be able to write to all files (except settings.php). Other files will be world-readable. Suitable for use in a typical development environment. The web server user / php process SHOULD NOT be a member of the group "devs".',
       'drush perms bob www-data' => 'Set permissions with "bob" as the user and group owner of code files. Data files will be owned by "www-data". Other files will be world-readable.',
-      'sudo chown -R www-admin . && drush perms --skip-set-owner www-data' => 'Only run unpriviledged commands from Drush.',
-      'drush perms --sudo=all www-admin:www-data' => 'Instruct Drush to call sudo before executing priviledged commands.  n.b. This is preferable to using `sudo drush ...`, which gives all enabled contrib modules an opportunity to run arbitrary code as the superuser.',
+      'sudo chown -R www-admin . && drush perms --skip-set-owner www-data' => 'Only run unprivileged commands from Drush.',
+      'drush perms --sudo=all www-admin:www-data' => 'Instruct Drush to call sudo before executing privileged commands.  n.b. This is preferable to using `sudo drush ...`, which gives all enabled contrib modules an opportunity to run arbitrary code as the superuser.',
       'drush perms --pipe www-admin:www-data > perms.sh && chmod +x perms.sh && sudo ./perms.sh' => 'Generate a script and run it via sudo. Even more secure than the --sudo option.',
     ),
     'arguments' => array(
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ function core_drush_command() {
       'not-group-writable' => 'Changes the defaults for --data-dirs and --data-files to be the same as the defaults for --code-dirs and --code-files, respectively.',
       'lax' => 'Make writable files writable by any user. Optional; synonym for --code-files=0664 --code-dirs=0775 --data-files=0666 --data-dirs=0777 --doc-files=664.',
       'strict' => 'Optional; synonym for --not-world-readable --not-group-writable. Overrides --lax.',
-      'skip-set-owner' => 'Presumes that the owner of the files is already correct, and skips setting it. Allows execution by unpriviledged user.',
+      'skip-set-owner' => 'Presumes that the owner of the files is already correct, and skips setting it. Allows execution by unprivileged user.',
       'sudo' => array(
         'description' => 'Call sudo before commands that set file ownership. If --sudo=all is specified, then sudo is also used before commands that set file permissions.',
         'value' => 'optional',
diff --git a/commands/core/permissions.core.inc b/commands/core/permissions.core.inc
index a678983..dea74fc 100644
--- a/commands/core/permissions.core.inc
+++ b/commands/core/permissions.core.inc
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ function drush_core_permissions($code_files_owner_group = '', $data_files_owner_
   if ($sudo) {
     foreach($command_list as $key => $command_record) {
       // If --sudo=all was specified, then add a 'sudo' to every command.
-      // Otherwise, only add 'sudo' to commands flagged as '#priviledged'
-      if (is_array($command_record) && isset($command_record['!command']) && (($sudo === 'all') || (array_key_exists('#priviledged', $command_record)))) {
+      // Otherwise, only add 'sudo' to commands flagged as '#privileged'
+      if (is_array($command_record) && isset($command_record['!command']) && (($sudo === 'all') || (array_key_exists('#privileged', $command_record)))) {
         $command_list[$key]['!command']['tmpl'] = 'sudo ' . $command_list[$key]['!command']['tmpl'];
       }
     }
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ function _drush_perms_build_chown_command($base_dir, $owner, $group) {
   $result = array();
   $chmod_template = "!cmd ^arg --";
   $test_owner_template = "\\( \\! -group ^group -o \\! -user ^owner \\)";
-  $priviledged = TRUE;
+  $privileged = TRUE;
   $command = 'chown';
   $arg = $owner;
   $kind = '-owner';
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ function _drush_perms_build_chown_command($base_dir, $owner, $group) {
     $command = 'chgrp';
     $arg = $group;
     $kind = '-group';
-    $priviledged = FALSE;
+    $privileged = FALSE;
   }
   elseif (!empty($group)) {
     $chmod_template = "!cmd ^owner:^group --";
@@ -479,10 +479,10 @@ function _drush_perms_build_chown_command($base_dir, $owner, $group) {
         '^group' => $group,
       )
     );
-    if ($priviledged) {
-      // Mark #priviledged to indicate the superuser priviledges
+    if ($privileged) {
+      // Mark #privileged to indicate the superuser privileges
       // are always necessary to run this command (changing owner).
-      $result['#priviledged'] = TRUE;
+      $result['#privileged'] = TRUE;
     }
   }
   return $result;