diff --git a/mongoengine/fields.py b/mongoengine/fields.py
index c20333a8..477138a1 100644
--- a/mongoengine/fields.py
+++ b/mongoengine/fields.py
@@ -2414,7 +2414,7 @@ class LazyReferenceField(BaseField):
           object is deleted
         :param passthrough: When trying to access unknown fields, the
           :class:`~mongoengine.base.datastructure.LazyReference` instance will
-          automatically call `fetch()` and try to retrive the field on the fetched
+          automatically call `fetch()` and try to retrieve the field on the fetched
           document. Note this only work getting field (not setting or deleting).
         """
         # XXX ValidationError raised outside of the "validate" method.
diff --git a/tests/fields/test_fields.py b/tests/fields/test_fields.py
index f7272619..ab3ee0c8 100644
--- a/tests/fields/test_fields.py
+++ b/tests/fields/test_fields.py
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ class TestField(MongoDBTestCase):
         )
         assert res == 1
 
-        # Retrive data from db and verify it.
+        # Retrieve data from db and verify it.
         ret = HandleNoneFields.objects.all()[0]
         assert ret.str_fld is None
         assert ret.int_fld is None
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ class TestField(MongoDBTestCase):
             {"$unset": {"str_fld": 1, "int_fld": 1, "flt_fld": 1, "comp_dt_fld": 1}},
         )
 
-        # Retrive data from db and verify it.
+        # Retrieve data from db and verify it.
         ret = HandleNoneFields.objects.first()
         assert ret.str_fld is None
         assert ret.int_fld is None