diff --git a/merge-ort.c b/merge-ort.c
index 35aa979c3a..0a76952e9b 100644
--- a/merge-ort.c
+++ b/merge-ort.c
@@ -4096,7 +4096,7 @@ static int record_conflicted_index_entries(struct merge_options *opt)
 	state.istate = index;
 	original_cache_nr = index->cache_nr;
 
-	/* Put every entry from paths into plist, then sort */
+	/* Append every entry from conflicted into index, then sort */
 	strmap_for_each_entry(&opt->priv->conflicted, &iter, e) {
 		const char *path = e->key;
 		struct conflict_info *ci = e->value;
diff --git a/trace2.h b/trace2.h
index 9b7286c572..2f450ab5be 100644
--- a/trace2.h
+++ b/trace2.h
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ void trace2_def_repo_fl(const char *file, int line, struct repository *repo);
  * being started, such as "read_recursive" or "do_read_index".
  *
  * The `repo` field, if set, will be used to get the "repo-id", so that
- * recursive oerations can be attributed to the correct repository.
+ * recursive operations can be attributed to the correct repository.
  */
 void trace2_region_enter_fl(const char *file, int line, const char *category,
 			    const char *label, const struct repository *repo, ...);