diff --git a/modules/core/validator.js b/modules/core/validator.js
index 0fec44f08..88940f0ba 100644
--- a/modules/core/validator.js
+++ b/modules/core/validator.js
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ function validationCache(which) {
         const issue = cache.issuesByIssueID[issueID];
         if (issue) {
           cache.uncacheIssue(issue);
-        } else {  // shouldnt happen, clean up
+        } else {  // shouldn't happen, clean up
           delete cache.issuesByIssueID[issueID];
         }
       });
diff --git a/test/spec/spec_helpers.js b/test/spec/spec_helpers.js
index 5258ab753..f140d0a70 100644
--- a/test/spec/spec_helpers.js
+++ b/test/spec/spec_helpers.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ mocha.setup({
 expect = chai.expect;
 
 window.d3 = iD.d3;   // Remove this if we can avoid exporting all of d3.js
-delete window.PointerEvent;  // force the brower to use mouse events
+delete window.PointerEvent;  // force the browser to use mouse events
 
 // Workaround for `Array.from` polyfill in PhantomJS
 // https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/6087#issuecomment-476219308