diff --git a/examples/extensions/axpby/axpby.h b/examples/extensions/axpby/axpby.h
index 3f470fd50..2b85dadb2 100644
--- a/examples/extensions/axpby/axpby.h
+++ b/examples/extensions/axpby/axpby.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Axpby : public Primitive {
    * A primitive must know how to evaluate itself on the CPU/GPU
    * for the given inputs and populate the output array.
    *
-   * To avoid unecessary allocations, the evaluation function
+   * To avoid unnecessary allocations, the evaluation function
    * is responsible for allocating space for the array.
    */
   void eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) override;
diff --git a/mlx/primitives.h b/mlx/primitives.h
index f9508096f..deeb498fa 100644
--- a/mlx/primitives.h
+++ b/mlx/primitives.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Primitive {
    * A primitive must know how to evaluate itself on
    * the CPU/GPU for the given inputs and populate the output array.
    *
-   * To avoid unecessary allocations, the evaluation function
+   * To avoid unnecessary allocations, the evaluation function
    * is responsible for allocating space for the array.
    */
   virtual void eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) = 0;