diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 5ce4f7eca..41f14f209 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Richard Wilkes <wilkes at me.com>
 Robert Russell <robert at rrbrussell.com>
 Runrioter Wung <runrioter at gmail.com>
 Shuode Li <elemount at qq.com>
+Simon J Mudd <sjmudd at pobox.com>
 Soroush Pour <me at soroushjp.com>
 Stan Putrya <root.vagner at gmail.com>
 Stanley Gunawan <gunawan.stanley at gmail.com>
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index cb3650bb9..201691fe8 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ type atomicBool struct {
 	value   uint32
 }
 
-// IsSet returns wether the current boolean value is true
+// IsSet returns whether the current boolean value is true
 func (ab *atomicBool) IsSet() bool {
 	return atomic.LoadUint32(&ab.value) > 0
 }
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ func (ab *atomicBool) Set(value bool) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TrySet sets the value of the bool and returns wether the value changed
+// TrySet sets the value of the bool and returns whether the value changed
 func (ab *atomicBool) TrySet(value bool) bool {
 	if value {
 		return atomic.SwapUint32(&ab.value, 1) == 0