diff --git a/pyogrio/_io.pyx b/pyogrio/_io.pyx
index de8de43f..8487c728 100644
--- a/pyogrio/_io.pyx
+++ b/pyogrio/_io.pyx
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ def ogr_read(
         fids = np.asarray(fids, dtype=np.intc)
 
     if sql is not None and layer is not None:
-        raise ValueError("'sql' paramater cannot be combined with 'layer'")
+        raise ValueError("'sql' parameter cannot be combined with 'layer'")
 
     if not (read_geometry or return_fids or columns is None or len(columns) > 0):
         raise ValueError(
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ def ogr_open_arrow(
         )
 
     if sql is not None and layer is not None:
-        raise ValueError("'sql' paramater cannot be combined with 'layer'")
+        raise ValueError("'sql' parameter cannot be combined with 'layer'")
 
     if not (read_geometry or return_fids or columns is None or len(columns) > 0):
         raise ValueError(
@@ -2739,4 +2739,4 @@ cdef create_fields_from_arrow_schema(
                 f"Error while creating field from Arrow for field {i} with name "
                 f"'{get_string(child.name)}' and type {get_string(child.format)}"
                 f"{gdal_msg}."
-            )
\ No newline at end of file
+            )
diff --git a/pyogrio/tests/test_geopandas_io.py b/pyogrio/tests/test_geopandas_io.py
index a8a7b94c..ed9facb2 100644
--- a/pyogrio/tests/test_geopandas_io.py
+++ b/pyogrio/tests/test_geopandas_io.py
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ def test_read_sql_invalid(naturalearth_lowres_all_ext, use_arrow):
             )
 
     with pytest.raises(
-        ValueError, match="'sql' paramater cannot be combined with 'layer'"
+        ValueError, match="'sql' parameter cannot be combined with 'layer'"
     ):
         read_dataframe(
             naturalearth_lowres_all_ext,