diff --git a/pkg/eval/compiler.go b/pkg/eval/compiler.go
index 29b115c4..3f5cc534 100644
--- a/pkg/eval/compiler.go
+++ b/pkg/eval/compiler.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (cp *compiler) registerVariableAccess(qname string, set bool, r diag.Ranger
 		name1, _ = SplitQNameNsFirst(name)
 	}
 
-	// This switch mirrors the structure of that from (*Frame).ResoleVar.
+	// This switch mirrors the structure of that from (*Frame).ResolveVar.
 	switch ns {
 	case "E:":
 		return true
diff --git a/pkg/eval/unix/umask.go b/pkg/eval/unix/umask.go
index 0ab4a50e..973cc762 100644
--- a/pkg/eval/unix/umask.go
+++ b/pkg/eval/unix/umask.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 //
 // When assigning a new value a string is implicitly treated as an octal
 // number. If that fails the usual rules for interpreting
-// [numbers](./language.html#number) are used. The following arer equivalent:
+// [numbers](./language.html#number) are used. The following are equivalent:
 // `unix:umask = 027` and `unix:umask = 0o27`. You can also assign to it a
 // `float64` data type that has no fractional component.
 // The assigned value must be within the range [0 ... 0o777], otherwise the