diff --git a/bird/bird.c b/bird/bird.c
index 342cced..5a9fa2a 100644
--- a/bird/bird.c
+++ b/bird/bird.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void bird_set(bird_t *this,char *cmdname,long *cmddata)
   }
 
   /* CMD found */
-  if(cmd->databytes > 0){  /* if databytes awaited, else dont change */
+  if(cmd->databytes > 0){  /* if databytes awaited, else don't change */
 
 	 this->databytes = cmd->databytes; /* expected databytes per record */
 	 this->datacount = 0;              /* start with first */
diff --git a/comport.c b/comport.c
index 2369a09..02faf20 100644
--- a/comport.c
+++ b/comport.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ typedef struct comport
 #define COMPORT_BUF_SIZE 16384 /* this should be the largest possible packet size for a USB com port */
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-/* we don't use the  table for windos cos we can set the number directly. */
+/* we don't use the  table for msw, because we can set the number directly. */
 /* This may result in more possible baud rates than the table contains. */
 /*
 static long baudspeedbittable[] =