diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2bdc804..f35e29e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var (
 	metricsPath   = flag.String("web.telemetry-path", "/metrics", "Path under which to expose metrics.")
 	birdSocket    = flag.String("bird.socket", "/var/run/bird.ctl", "Socket to communicate with bird routing daemon")
 	birdV2        = flag.Bool("bird.v2", false, "Bird major version >= 2.0 (multi channel protocols)")
-	newFormat     = flag.Bool("format.new", false, "New metric format (more convinient / generic)")
+	newFormat     = flag.Bool("format.new", false, "New metric format (more convenient / generic)")
 	enableBgp     = flag.Bool("proto.bgp", true, "Enables metrics for protocol BGP")
 	enableOspf    = flag.Bool("proto.ospf", true, "Enables metrics for protocol OSPF")
 	enableKernel  = flag.Bool("proto.kernel", true, "Enables metrics for protocol Kernel")
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func startServer() {
 	log.Infof("Starting bird exporter (Version: %s)\n", version)
 
 	if !*newFormat {
-		log.Info("INFO: You are using the old metric format. Please consider using the new (more convinient one) by setting -format.new=true.")
+		log.Info("INFO: You are using the old metric format. Please consider using the new (more convenient one) by setting -format.new=true.")
 	}
 
 	http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {