diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index 185796d5141..1896200fef3 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ files.  Emacs cannot work with subdirs.el compressed, since the
 Auto-compress mode it needs for this will not be loaded until later,
 when your .emacs file is processed.  (The package `fontset.el' is
 required to set up fonts used to display text on window systems, and
-its loaded very early in the startup procedure.)
+it's loaded very early in the startup procedure.)
 
 Similarly, any other .el file for which there's no corresponding .elc
 file could fail to load if it is compressed.
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 29a0f2a34ac..b9235eaf17f 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -3950,7 +3950,7 @@ Returns nil if PROCESS has already terminated."
       (set-process-sentinel new-process (process-sentinel process))
       new-process)))
 
-;; things to maybe add (currently partly covered by `funcall mode':
+;; things to maybe add (currently partly covered by `funcall mode'):
 ;; - syntax-table
 ;; - overlays
 (defun clone-buffer (&optional newname display-flag)