diff --git a/gtsam/base/Value.h b/gtsam/base/Value.h
index 4d7104ad7..ab23e47fa 100644
--- a/gtsam/base/Value.h
+++ b/gtsam/base/Value.h
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ namespace gtsam {
    * Values can operate generically on Value objects, retracting or computing
    * local coordinates for many Value objects of different types.
    *
-   * Inhereting from the DerivedValue class templated provides a generic implementation of
+   * Inheriting from the DerivedValue class templated provides a generic implementation of
    * the pure virtual functions retract_(), localCoordinates_(), and equals_(), eliminating
-   * the need to implement these functions in your class. Note that you must inheret from 
+   * the need to implement these functions in your class. Note that you must inherit from
    * DerivedValue templated on the class you are defining. For example you cannot define
    * the following
    * \code