diff --git a/ietf-lamps-hp-requirements/draft-ietf-lamps-header-protection-requirements.mkd b/ietf-lamps-hp-requirements/draft-ietf-lamps-header-protection-requirements.mkd
index 70cb1921..d2065507 100644
--- a/ietf-lamps-hp-requirements/draft-ietf-lamps-header-protection-requirements.mkd
+++ b/ietf-lamps-hp-requirements/draft-ietf-lamps-header-protection-requirements.mkd
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ a range of attacks on email, do not offer full end-to-end protection
 to the header section and are not capable of providing privacy for the
 information contained therein.
 
-The need for means of Data Minimization, which includes data spareness
+The need for means of Data Minimization, which includes data sparseness
 and hiding all technically concealable information whenever possible,
 has grown in importance over the past several years.
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ In the following a set of challenges to be addressed:
 
 ## Privacy
 
-* Data Minimization, which includes data spareness and hiding all
+* Data Minimization, which includes data sparseness and hiding all
   technically concealable information whenever possible
 
 
diff --git a/lamps-header-protection/draft-luck-lamps-pep-header-protection.mkd b/lamps-header-protection/draft-luck-lamps-pep-header-protection.mkd
index 37a5db07..ba0b30b1 100644
--- a/lamps-header-protection/draft-luck-lamps-pep-header-protection.mkd
+++ b/lamps-header-protection/draft-luck-lamps-pep-header-protection.mkd
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ End-to-End protection to the headers section and are not capable of
 providing privacy regarding the information represented therein.
 
 The need for means of Data Minimization, which includes data
-spareness and hiding of all information technically hideable, has
+sparseness and hiding of all information technically hideable, has
 grown in importance over the past years.
 
 A standard for End-to-End protection of the email headers section