diff --git a/test/dt_arith.c b/test/dt_arith.c
index 3acf4b64a14..8e5b5212008 100644
--- a/test/dt_arith.c
+++ b/test/dt_arith.c
@@ -2851,7 +2851,7 @@ test_conv_flt_1(const char *name, int run_test, hid_t src, hid_t dst)
     int   status;    /*child exit status    */
 
     /*
-     * Some systems generage SIGFPE during floating point overflow and we
+     * Some systems generate SIGFPE during floating point overflow and we
      * cannot assume that we can continue from such a signal.  Therefore, we
      * fork here and let the child run the test and return the number of
      * failures with the exit status.
diff --git a/test/test_error.sh.in b/test/test_error.sh.in
index 49c88843ed0..e1f25b1ac8a 100644
--- a/test/test_error.sh.in
+++ b/test/test_error.sh.in
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 srcdir=@srcdir@
 
-# Determine backward compatibility options eneabled
+# Check if backward compatibility options are enabled
 DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS="@DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS@"
 
 CMP='cmp -s'