diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
index e6595775f..7c4af0f71 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
@@ -949,13 +949,13 @@ public class JUnitTask extends Task {
                     Test t = new Test() {
                         public int countTestCases() { return 0; }
                         public void run(TestResult r) { 
-                            throw new AssertionFailedError("Timeout occured");
+                            throw new AssertionFailedError("Timeout occurred");
                         }
                     };
                     formatter.startTest(t);
                     formatter
                         .addError(t, 
-                                  new AssertionFailedError("Timeout occured"));
+                                  new AssertionFailedError("Timeout occurred"));
 
                     formatter.endTestSuite(test);
                 } catch (IOException e) {}
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTestRunner.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTestRunner.java
index 90680448e..d79467171 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTestRunner.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTestRunner.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class JUnitTestRunner implements TestListener {
     public static final int FAILURES = 1;
 
     /**
-     * An error occured.
+     * An error occurred.
      */
     public static final int ERRORS = 2;
 
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ public class JUnitTestRunner implements TestListener {
     /**
      * Interface TestListener.
      *
-     * <p>An error occured while running the test.
+     * <p>An error occurred while running the test.
      */
     public void addError(Test test, Throwable t) {
         if (haltOnError) {