diff --git a/include/wx/fontenc.h b/include/wx/fontenc.h
index da71674ad4..d4a9ee6a1e 100644
--- a/include/wx/fontenc.h
+++ b/include/wx/fontenc.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ enum wxFontEncoding
         // and for Windows
     wxFONTENCODING_CP874,           // WinThai
     wxFONTENCODING_CP932,           // Japanese (shift-JIS)
-    wxFONTENCODING_CP936,           // Chiniese simplified (GB)
+    wxFONTENCODING_CP936,           // Chinese simplified (GB)
     wxFONTENCODING_CP949,           // Korean (Hangul charset)
     wxFONTENCODING_CP950,           // Chinese (traditional - Big5)
     wxFONTENCODING_CP1250,          // WinLatin2
diff --git a/src/common/fontmap.cpp b/src/common/fontmap.cpp
index 0b1d8ee4cd..60fd3d2cbc 100644
--- a/src/common/fontmap.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fontmap.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static const wxChar* gs_encodingDescs[] =
     wxTRANSLATE( "Western European with Euro (ISO-8859-15)" ),
     wxTRANSLATE( "KOI8-R" ),
     wxTRANSLATE( "Windows Japanese (CP 932)" ),
-    wxTRANSLATE( "Windows Chiniese Simplified (CP 936)" ),
+    wxTRANSLATE( "Windows Chinese Simplified (CP 936)" ),
     wxTRANSLATE( "Windows Korean (CP 949)" ),
     wxTRANSLATE( "Windows Chinese Traditional (CP 950)" ),
     wxTRANSLATE( "Windows Central European (CP 1250)" ),