diff --git a/torch/sparse/__init__.py b/torch/sparse/__init__.py
index 858cb7fbd86..ca28bf0d0b6 100644
--- a/torch/sparse/__init__.py
+++ b/torch/sparse/__init__.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ When inputs are COO tensors, this function also supports backward for both input
 Supports both CSR and COO storage formats.
 
 .. note::
-    This function doesn't support computing derivaties with respect to CSR matrices.
+    This function doesn't support computing derivatives with respect to CSR matrices.
 
 Args:
     mat (Tensor): a dense matrix to be added
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ mm = _add_docstr(
     Supports both CSR and COO storage formats.
 
 .. note::
-    This function doesn't support computing derivaties with respect to CSR matrices.
+    This function doesn't support computing derivatives with respect to CSR matrices.
 
     This function also additionally accepts an optional :attr:`reduce` argument that allows
     specification of an optional reduction operation, mathematically performs the following operation: