diff --git a/include/libtorrent/alert.hpp b/include/libtorrent/alert.hpp
index 3a7ab60ac..a918cb544 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/alert.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/alert.hpp
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 #include "libtorrent/aux_/disable_warnings_push.hpp"
 
 		// determines whether or not an alert is allowed to be discarded
-		// when the alert queue is full. There are a few alerts which may not be discared,
+		// when the alert queue is full. There are a few alerts which may not be discarded,
 		// since they would break the user contract, such as save_resume_data_alert.
 		TORRENT_DEPRECATED
 		bool discardable() const { return discardable_impl(); }
diff --git a/src/alert.cpp b/src/alert.cpp
index 033c45204..aa7c78dc7 100644
--- a/src/alert.cpp
+++ b/src/alert.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 	constexpr alert_category_t alert::picker_log_notification;
 	constexpr alert_category_t alert::all_categories;
 #ifndef TORRENT_NO_DEPRECATE
-	constexpr alert_category_t alert::alert::rss_notification;
+	constexpr alert_category_t alert::rss_notification;
 #endif
 
 	alert::alert() : m_timestamp(clock_type::now()) {}