diff --git a/docarray/array/doc_list/io.py b/docarray/array/doc_list/io.py
index 3acb66bf6e..dc07d8ccee 100644
--- a/docarray/array/doc_list/io.py
+++ b/docarray/array/doc_list/io.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ def to_csv(
         Save a `DocList` to a csv file.
         The field names will be stored in the first row. Each row corresponds to the
         information of one Document.
-        Columns for nested fields will be named after the "__"-seperated access paths,
+        Columns for nested fields will be named after the "__"-separated access paths,
         such as `'image__url'` for `image.url`.
 
         :param file_path: path to a csv file.
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ def to_dataframe(self) -> 'pd.DataFrame':
         Save a DocList to a `pandas.DataFrame`.
         The field names will be stored as column names. Each row of the dataframe corresponds
         to the information of one Document.
-        Columns for nested fields will be named after the "__"-seperated access paths,
+        Columns for nested fields will be named after the "__"-separated access paths,
         such as `'image__url'` for `image.url`.
 
         :return: `pandas.DataFrame`