diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/role.bash b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/role.bash
index b2d34a1f8606..bfd6b61f0aed 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/role.bash
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/role.bash
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# Since the same derivation can be depend on in multiple ways, we need to
+# Since the same derivation can be depended on in multiple ways, we need to
 # accumulate *each* role (i.e. host and target platforms relative the depending
 # derivation) in which the derivation is used.
 #
-# The role is intened to be use as part of other variables names like
+# The role is intended to be used as part of other variables names like
 #  - $NIX_SOMETHING${role_post}
 
 function getRole() {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function getTargetRoleEnvHook() {
     getRole "$depTargetOffset"
 }
 
-# This variant is inteneded specifically for code-prodocing tool wrapper scripts
+# This variant is intended specifically for code-producing tool wrapper scripts
 # `NIX_@wrapperName@_TARGET_*_@suffixSalt@` tracks this (needs to be an exported
 # env var so can't use fancier data structures).
 function getTargetRoleWrapper() {