diff --git a/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/restriction.py b/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/restriction.py
index 4c49f021b316e93d87b10b2b3a8112000ee1cba4..03c55eaec4874c2611d892d74d8a14476cf8435d 100644
--- a/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/restriction.py
+++ b/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/restriction.py
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ def restricted_name(name, restriction):
       FacetNormal(cell)('+'). The user needs to make the right choice
       in the UFL file.
 
-    - In the literature this convention is sometimes swaped. In order
-      to be consisten with UFL we choose ('+') as self and ('-') as
-      neighbor and choose the outer unit normal vector accoringly.
+    - In the literature this convention is sometimes swapped. In order
+      to be consistent with UFL we choose ('+') as self and ('-') as
+      neighbor and choose the outer unit normal vector accordingly.
 
     """
     if restriction == Restriction.NONE: