diff --git a/python_bindings/bindings.cpp b/python_bindings/bindings.cpp
index ef1dc1d6..1b88ca23 100644
--- a/python_bindings/bindings.cpp
+++ b/python_bindings/bindings.cpp
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class Index {
                                         (void *) items.data(row), k);
                                 if (result.size() != k)
                                     throw std::runtime_error(
-                                            "Cannot return the results in a contigious 2D array. Probably ef or M is to small");
+                                            "Cannot return the results in a contigious 2D array. Probably ef or M is too small");
                                 for (int i = k - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                                     auto &result_tuple = result.top();
                                     data_numpy_d[row * k + i] = result_tuple.first;
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ class Index {
                                         (void *) (norm_array.data()+start_idx), k);
                                 if (result.size() != k)
                                     throw std::runtime_error(
-                                            "Cannot return the results in a contigious 2D array. Probably ef or M is to small");
+                                            "Cannot return the results in a contigious 2D array. Probably ef or M is too small");
                                 for (int i = k - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                                     auto &result_tuple = result.top();
                                     data_numpy_d[row * k + i] = result_tuple.first;