diff --git a/git-branch.sh b/git-branch.sh
index 0266f46223..b0e54ed2af 100755
--- a/git-branch.sh
+++ b/git-branch.sh
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ delete_branch () {
 	    case " $mbs " in
 	    *' '$branch' '*)
 		# the merge base of branch and HEAD contains branch --
-		# which means that the HEAD contains everything in the HEAD.
+		# which means that the HEAD contains everything in both.
 		;;
 	    *)
 		echo >&2 "The branch '$branch_name' is not a strict subset of your current HEAD.
-    If you are sure you want to delete it, run 'git branch -D $branch_name'."
+If you are sure you want to delete it, run 'git branch -D $branch_name'."
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	    esac
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index f241d4ba6b..36308d22c6 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # 
-# Switch the HEAD pointer to the new branch if it we
+# Switch the HEAD pointer to the new branch if we
 # checked out a branch head, and remove any potential
 # old MERGE_HEAD's (subsequent commits will clearly not
 # be based on them, since we re-set the index)