diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index e4360ecf7f..ef56a02ac3 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ var WriteStream = fs.WriteStream = function(path, options) {
 
   this.path = path;
   this.fd = null;
-  this.writeable = true;
+  this.writable = true;
 
   this.flags = 'w';
   this.encoding = 'binary';
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ WriteStream.prototype.flush = function () {
     self.busy = false;
 
     if (err) {
-      self.writeable = false;
+      self.writable = false;
       if (cb) {
         cb(err);
       }
@@ -902,8 +902,8 @@ WriteStream.prototype.flush = function () {
 
 
 WriteStream.prototype.write = function (data) {
-  if (!this.writeable) {
-    throw new Error('stream not writeable');
+  if (!this.writable) {
+    throw new Error('stream not writable');
   }
 
   this.drainable = true;
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ WriteStream.prototype.close = function (cb) {
 
 
 WriteStream.prototype.end = function (cb) {
-  this.writeable = false;
+  this.writable = false;
   this._queue.push([fs.close, cb]);
   this.flush();
 };
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ WriteStream.prototype.forceClose = function (cb) {
 
 WriteStream.prototype.destroy = function (cb) {
   var self = this;
-  this.writeable = false;
+  this.writable = false;
 
   function close() {
     fs.close(self.fd, function(err) {
diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 05202f2bd5..307af68173 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ function allocEmptyBuffer () {
 
 function _doFlush () {
   var socket = this.socket;
-  // Stream becomes writeable on connect() but don't flush if there's
+  // Stream becomes writable on connect() but don't flush if there's
   // nothing actually to write
   if (socket.flush()) {
     if (socket._events && socket._events['drain']) socket.emit("drain");