diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index ec737597..05ff4885 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ int write_file(const char *name, int tmp, int append, int nonamechange)
 	goto cleanup_and_exit;
     }
 
-    /* There might not be a magic line.  There won't be when writing out
+    /* There might not be a magicline.  There won't be when writing out
      * a selection. */
     assert(fileage != NULL && filebot != NULL);
     while (fileptr != filebot) {
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index c8dfce70..22a3ec05 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ int do_delete(void)
     } else if (current != filebot && (current->next != filebot ||
 	current->data[0] == '\0')) {
 	/* We can delete the line before filebot only if it is blank: it
-	 * becomes the new magic line then. */
+	 * becomes the new magicline then. */
 	filestruct *foo = current->next;
 
 	assert(current_x == strlen(current->data));