diff --git a/docs/hooks.txt b/docs/hooks.txt
index 28350660624..32d06dfdd21 100644
--- a/docs/hooks.txt
+++ b/docs/hooks.txt
@@ -4074,7 +4074,7 @@ extensions to fill the 'description' field in search results. Warning: this
 hook as well as SearchResultPageIdentity interface is being under development and still unstable.
 $pageIdentities: an array (string=>SearchResultPageIdentity) where key is pageId.
 &$descriptions: an output array (string=>string|null) where key is pageId and value is either
-a desciption for given page or null
+a description for given page or null
 
 'SearchResultProvideThumbnail': Called by REST SearchHandler in order to allow
 extensions to fill the 'thumbnail' field in rest search results. Warning: this
diff --git a/includes/Rest/Handler/SearchHandler.php b/includes/Rest/Handler/SearchHandler.php
index 2d20db652d5..9df6ab95be4 100644
--- a/includes/Rest/Handler/SearchHandler.php
+++ b/includes/Rest/Handler/SearchHandler.php
@@ -278,11 +278,11 @@ class SearchHandler extends Handler {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Turn page info into serializable array with desciption field for the page.
+	 * Turn page info into serializable array with description field for the page.
 	 *
-	 * The information about desciption should be provided by extension by implementing
-	 * 'SearchResultProvideDescription' hook. Desciption is set to null if no extensions implement
-	 * the hook.
+	 * The information about description should be provided by extension by implementing
+	 * 'SearchResultProvideDescription' hook. Description is set to null if no extensions
+	 * implement the hook.
 	 * @param array $pageIdentities
 	 *
 	 * @return array
diff --git a/includes/Rest/Hook/SearchResultProvideDescriptionHook.php b/includes/Rest/Hook/SearchResultProvideDescriptionHook.php
index 82832e54077..fe32c939081 100644
--- a/includes/Rest/Hook/SearchResultProvideDescriptionHook.php
+++ b/includes/Rest/Hook/SearchResultProvideDescriptionHook.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ interface SearchResultProvideDescriptionHook {
 	 *
 	 * @param array $pageIdentities an array (string=>SearchResultPageIdentity) where key is pageId.
 	 * @param array &$descriptions an output array (string=>string|null) where key
-	 *   is pageId and value is either a desciption for given page or null
+	 *   is pageId and value is either a description for given page or null
 	 */
 	public function onSearchResultProvideDescription( array $pageIdentities, &$descriptions );
 }