diff --git a/commands/produce/produce.go b/commands/produce/produce.go
index 89c015a..f253486 100644
--- a/commands/produce/produce.go
+++ b/commands/produce/produce.go
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ Unfortunately, with exact sizing, the format string is unavoidably noisy.
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&escapeChar, "escape-char", "c", "%", "character to use for beginning a record field escape (accepts any utf8, for both format and verbose-format)")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&acks, "acks", -1, "number of acks required, -1 is all in sync replicas, 1 is leader replica only, 0 is no acks required (0 disables idempotency)")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&retries, "retries", -1, "number of times to retry producing if non-negative")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&tombstone, "tombstone", "Z", false, "produce emtpy values as tombstones")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&tombstone, "tombstone", "Z", false, "produce empty values as tombstones")
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/commands/transact/transact.go b/commands/transact/transact.go
index 3991c7c..1c812e7 100644
--- a/commands/transact/transact.go
+++ b/commands/transact/transact.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func Command(cl *client.Client) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&destTopic, "destination-topic", "d", "", "if non-empty, the topic to produce to (read-format must not contain %t)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&txnID, "txn-id", "x", "", "transactional ID")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "verbose printing of transactions")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&tombstone, "tombstone", "Z", false, "produce emtpy values as tombstones")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&tombstone, "tombstone", "Z", false, "produce empty values as tombstones")
 
 	return cmd
 }