diff --git a/src/rcfile.c b/src/rcfile.c
index d9b49f4a..93072128 100644
--- a/src/rcfile.c
+++ b/src/rcfile.c
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ void parse_rcfile(FILE *rcstream
 			SET(rcopts[i].flag);
 		    else {
 			/* This option doesn't have a flag, so it takes
-			 * an argument. */
+			 * an argument. */
 			if (*ptr == '\0') {
 			    rcfile_error(
 				N_("Option %s requires an argument"),
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index 4bf2a9a9..847d6e7c 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ void do_justify(bool full_justify)
 	indent_string = mallocstrcpy(NULL, "");
 
 	/* Find the first indentation in the paragraph that doesn't
-	 * match the indentation of the first line, and save it in
+	 * match the indentation of the first line, and save it in
 	 * indent_string.  If all the indentations are the same, save
 	 * the indentation of the first line in indent_string. */
 	{