diff --git a/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6.env b/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6.env
index ec17dc36e..0094edaa9 100644
--- a/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6.env
+++ b/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6.env
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fortCmd = "ifort"
 # -fpp                         use FORTRAN preprocessor on source code
 # -openmp                      build with openMP support
 # -w90 -w95                    suppress messages about use of non-standard Fortran (previous version of abaqus_v6.env only)
-# -WB                          turn a compile-time bounts check into a warning (previous version of abaqus_v6.env only)
+# -WB                          turn a compile-time bounds check into a warning (previous version of abaqus_v6.env only)
 # -mP2OPT_hpo_vec_divbyzero=F  inofficial compiler switch, proposed by abaqus but highly dubios (previous version of abaqus_v6.env only)
 # -ftz                         flush underflow to zero
 # -diag-disable 5268           disable warnings about line length > 132 (only comments there anyway)
diff --git a/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6_serial.env b/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6_serial.env
index 7dd0d57f1..00e9c11d1 100644
--- a/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6_serial.env
+++ b/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6_serial.env
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fortCmd = "ifort"
 # -fpp                         use FORTRAN preprocessor on source code
 # -openmp                      build with openMP support
 # -w90 -w95                    suppress messages about use of non-standard Fortran (previous version of abaqus_v6.env only)
-# -WB                          turn a compile-time bounts check into a warning (previous version of abaqus_v6.env only)
+# -WB                          turn a compile-time bounds check into a warning (previous version of abaqus_v6.env only)
 # -mP2OPT_hpo_vec_divbyzero=F  inofficial compiler switch, proposed by abaqus but highly dubios (previous version of abaqus_v6.env only)
 # -ftz                         flush underflow to zero
 # -diag-disable 5268           disable warnings about line length > 132 (only comments there anyway)