diff --git a/crypto/bn/bn_lib.c b/crypto/bn/bn_lib.c
index 4b37906319fc96e72975f33be0a3a72beb7cae37..54479a7fce09916672b93ecb1879f1afec544879 100644
--- a/crypto/bn/bn_lib.c
+++ b/crypto/bn/bn_lib.c
@@ -839,9 +839,9 @@ int bn_cmp_words(const BN_ULONG *a, const BN_ULONG *b, int n)
 
 /*
  * Here follows a specialised variants of bn_cmp_words().  It has the
- * property of performing the operation on arrays of different sizes. The
+ * capability of performing the operation on arrays of different sizes. The
  * sizes of those arrays is expressed through cl, which is the common length
- * ( basicall, min(len(a),len(b)) ), and dl, which is the delta between the
+ * ( basically, min(len(a),len(b)) ), and dl, which is the delta between the
  * two lengths, calculated as len(a)-len(b). All lengths are the number of
  * BN_ULONGs...
  */