2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/perl.c b/perl.c
index 304df2d365..1b666590da 100644
--- a/perl.c
+++ b/perl.c
@@ -4600,7 +4600,7 @@ S_init_postdump_symbols(pTHX_ int argc, char **argv, char **env)
 
           if (count > PERL_HASH_DEFAULT_HvMAX) {
               /* This might be an over-estimate (due to dups and other skips),
-               * but if so likely it won't hurt much.
+               * but if so, likely it won't hurt much.
                * A straw poll of login environments I have suggests that
                * between 23 and 52 environment variables are typical (and no
                * dups). As the default hash size is 8 buckets, expanding in
diff --git a/pp_hot.c b/pp_hot.c
index 67b255e2e7..d3a0aa1770 100644
--- a/pp_hot.c
+++ b/pp_hot.c
@@ -3389,7 +3389,7 @@ PP(pp_helem)
         MAGIC *mg;
         HV *stash;
 
-        /* If we can determine whether the element exist,
+        /* If we can determine whether the element exists,
          * Try to preserve the existenceness of a tied hash
          * element by using EXISTS and DELETE if possible.
          * Fallback to FETCH and STORE otherwise. */