diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/sh/subshell.c b/src/cmd/ksh93/sh/subshell.c
index 0de8fe914..03a920132 100644
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/sh/subshell.c
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/sh/subshell.c
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ static struct subshell
 	struct Error_context_s *errcontext;
 	Shopt_t		options;/* save shell options */
 	pid_t		subpid;	/* child process id */
-	Sfio_t*	saveout;/*saved standard output */
+	Sfio_t*		saveout;/* saved standard output */
 	char		*pwd;	/* present working directory */
 	const char	*shpwd;	/* saved pointer to sh.pwd */
 	void		*jobs;	/* save job info */
-	int		pwdfd;	/* file descritor for pwd */
+	int		pwdfd;	/* file descriptor for PWD */
 	mode_t		mask;	/* saved umask */
 	short		tmpfd;	/* saved tmp file descriptor */
 	short		pipefd;	/* read fd if pipe is created */
diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/heredoc.sh b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/heredoc.sh
index 985a5c756..87fbd161b 100755
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/heredoc.sh
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/heredoc.sh
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ cat  > "$f" <<- '!!!!'
 !!!!
 chmod 755 "$f"
 if	[[ $($SHELL  "$f") != abc ]]
-then	err_exit	'here document descritor was closed'
+then	err_exit	'here document descriptor was closed'
 fi
 cat  > "$f" <<- '!!!!'
 	exec 0<&-