diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 29ade6fb76..c6b484a608 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ all: deps format
 bin: generate
 	@sh -c "'$(CURDIR)/scripts/build.sh'"
 
-# dev creates binares for testing locally. There are put into ./bin and $GOPATH
+# dev creates binaries for testing locally - these are put into ./bin and $GOPATH
 dev: generate
 	@CONSUL_DEV=1 sh -c "'$(CURDIR)/scripts/build.sh'"
 
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 3b72b4f640..68ef77669c 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rm -f bin/*
 rm -rf pkg/*
 mkdir -p bin/
 
-# If its dev mode, only build for ourself
+# If it's dev mode, only build for ourself
 if [ "${CONSUL_DEV}x" != "x" ]; then
     XC_OS=$(go env GOOS)
     XC_ARCH=$(go env GOARCH)