diff --git a/src/gutter.coffee b/src/gutter.coffee
index c2b365686..ff7926954 100644
--- a/src/gutter.coffee
+++ b/src/gutter.coffee
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class Gutter extends View
           updateAllLines = true
           break
 
-    # If a change added or removed lines, just rebuild the entire gutter
+    # Rebuild the entire gutter if a change added or removed lines
     if updateAllLines
       @lineNumbers[0].innerHTML = @buildLineElementsHtml(startScreenRow, endScreenRow)
 
diff --git a/src/language-mode.coffee b/src/language-mode.coffee
index 8328fa20f..4caf519ca 100644
--- a/src/language-mode.coffee
+++ b/src/language-mode.coffee
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class LanguageMode
     @editor.indentationForBufferRow(nextNonEmptyRow) > @editor.indentationForBufferRow(bufferRow)
 
   # Private: Returns a {Boolean} indicating whether the given buffer row starts
-  # a foldable row range due to a being the start of a multi-line comment.
+  # a foldable row range due to being the start of a multi-line comment.
   isFoldableCommentAtBufferRow: (bufferRow) ->
     @isLineCommentedAtBufferRow(bufferRow) and
       @isLineCommentedAtBufferRow(bufferRow + 1) and