diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/alg.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/alg.go
index d23ca6c7aa..d576053753 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/alg.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/alg.go
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ func eqCanPanic(t *types.Type) bool {
 	}
 }
 
-// AlgType is like algtype1, except it returns the fixed-width AMEMxx variants
-// instead of the general AMEM kind when possible.
+// AlgType returns the fixed-width AMEMxx variants instead of the general
+// AMEM kind when possible.
 func AlgType(t *types.Type) types.AlgKind {
 	a, _ := types.AlgType(t)
 	if a == types.AMEM {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/staticdata/data.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/staticdata/data.go
index 94fa6760a0..a2a844f940 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/staticdata/data.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/staticdata/data.go
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func FuncLinksym(n *ir.Name) *obj.LSym {
 // the s·f stubs in s's package.
 func NeedFuncSym(s *types.Sym) {
 	if !base.Ctxt.Flag_dynlink {
-		base.Fatalf("makefuncsym dynlink")
+		base.Fatalf("NeedFuncSym: dynlink")
 	}
 	if s.IsBlank() {
 		return
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/alg.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/alg.go
index f1a472cca5..6091ee249c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/alg.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/alg.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func AlgType(t *Type) (AlgKind, *Type) {
 		return ret, nil
 	}
 
-	base.Fatalf("algtype1: unexpected type %v", t)
+	base.Fatalf("algtype: unexpected type %v", t)
 	return 0, nil
 }