diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fe8c87..42b4e28 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pattern matching, and a semantic object system. The idea is to plug
modules, closures, pattern matching, a graph database and
metaprogramming into C99 with an extremely small set of dependencies.
-Supported operating systems (additionnal dependencies) :
+Supported operating systems (additional dependencies) :
- BSD
- Linux (libbsd, libmd)
- MacOS X (libmd)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Supported architectures :
sudo apt install pkg-config clang libtool-bin make ruby time
# install dependencies
-sudo apt install libffi-dev libbsd-dev
+sudo apt install libffi-dev libbsd-dev libevent-dev
# use clang
export CC=clang