diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/config.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/config.go
index debcf1a0f4..d674cca009 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/config.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/config.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ type Logger interface {
 	// some logging calls account for more than a few heap allocations.
 	Log() bool
 
-	// Fatal reports a compiler error and exits.
+	// Fatalf reports a compiler error and exits.
 	Fatalf(pos src.XPos, msg string, args ...interface{})
 
 	// Warnl writes compiler messages in the form expected by "errorcheck" tests
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug_test.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug_test.go
index 2effed855c..2f21aca784 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug_test.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func skipSubTest(t *testing.T, tag string, basename string, gcflags string, coun
 		if *force {
 			testNexting(t, basename, tag, gcflags, count, moreargs...)
 		} else {
-			t.Skip("skipping flaky test becaused not forced (-f)")
+			t.Skip("skipping flaky test because not forced (-f)")
 		}
 	})
 }