diff --git a/include/xrpl/basics/Number.h b/include/xrpl/basics/Number.h
index ebdb53aa83..5026dd112a 100644
--- a/include/xrpl/basics/Number.h
+++ b/include/xrpl/basics/Number.h
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ private:
             case MantissaScale::Large:
                 return 1'000'000'000'000'000'000ULL;
             default:
-                // Since this can never be called outside a non-constexpr
-                // context, this throw assures that the build fails if an
+                // If called in a constexpr context, this throw assures that the build fails if an
                 // invalid scale is used.
                 throw std::runtime_error("Unknown mantissa scale");
         }
@@ -139,8 +138,7 @@ private:
             case MantissaScale::Large:
                 return CuspRoundingFix::Enabled;
             default:
-                // Since this can never be called outside a non-constexpr
-                // context, this throw assures that the build fails if an
+                // If called in a constexpr context, this throw assures that the build fails if an
                 // invalid scale is used.
                 throw std::runtime_error("Unknown mantissa scale");
         }
diff --git a/src/libxrpl/protocol/Rules.cpp b/src/libxrpl/protocol/Rules.cpp
index 3503dc8d67..bffe3602d0 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/protocol/Rules.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/protocol/Rules.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ setCurrentTransactionRules(std::optional<Rules> r)
     // The improved accuracy that will come from enabling large
     // mantissas is a goal separate from SAV and LP. It was originally
     // only tied to those two amendments to avoid needing a new
-    // amendment of it's own, and because they require that behavior.
+    // amendment of its own, and because they require that behavior.
     // Because fixCleanup3_2_0 fixes a separate bug related to the large
     // mantissas, that can take precedence and activate the large
     // mantissas even in the absence of the other two amendments.