diff --git a/elaborate.cc b/elaborate.cc
index 332c976eb..e04189f3f 100644
--- a/elaborate.cc
+++ b/elaborate.cc
@@ -3906,7 +3906,7 @@ Design* elaborate(list<perm_string>roots)
 	      // Get the module definition for this root instance.
 	    Module *rmod = (*mod).second;
 
-	      // Make the root scope. This makes a NetScoep object and
+	      // Make the root scope. This makes a NetScope object and
 	      // pushes it into the list of root scopes in the Design.
 	    NetScope*scope = des->make_root_scope(*root);
 
@@ -3919,7 +3919,7 @@ Design* elaborate(list<perm_string>roots)
 	    des->set_precision(rmod->time_precision);
 
 
-	      // Save this scope, along with its defintion, in the
+	      // Save this scope, along with its definition, in the
 	      // "root_elems" list for later passes.
 	    struct root_elem *r = new struct root_elem;
 	    r->mod = rmod;
diff --git a/netmisc.cc b/netmisc.cc
index e6e6e5659..7f82fd129 100644
--- a/netmisc.cc
+++ b/netmisc.cc
@@ -245,16 +245,16 @@ bool eval_as_double(double&value, NetExpr*expr)
 }
 
 /*
- * At the parser level, a name component it a name with a collection
+ * At the parser level, a name component is a name with a collection
  * of expressions. For example foo[N] is the name "foo" and the index
  * expression "N". This function takes as input the name component and
- * returns the path component name. It will evaulate the index
+ * returns the path component name. It will evaluate the index
  * expression if it is present.
  */
 hname_t eval_path_component(Design*des, NetScope*scope,
 			    const name_component_t&comp)
 {
-	// No index exression, so the path component is an undecorated
+	// No index expression, so the path component is an undecorated
 	// name, for example "foo".
       if (comp.index.empty())
 	    return hname_t(comp.name);
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ hname_t eval_path_component(Design*des, NetScope*scope,
       }
 
 	// Darn, the expression doesn't evaluate to a constant. That's
-	// and error to be reported. And make up a fake index value to
+	// an error to be reported. And make up a fake index value to
 	// return to the caller.
       cerr << index.msb->get_fileline() << ": error: "
 	   << "Scope index expression is not constant: "