diff --git a/changes/ticket28614 b/changes/ticket28614
index 6c65ce49de..3c93313726 100644
--- a/changes/ticket28614
+++ b/changes/ticket28614
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
       "binary" mode so that we can safely map it into memory later.
       Fixes part of bug 28614; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
     - When reading a consensus file from disk, detect whether it
-      was written in text mode, and re-read it in text mode if it
+      was written in text mode, and re-read it in text mode if so.
       Fixes part of bug 28614; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
 
diff --git a/src/feature/nodelist/networkstatus.c b/src/feature/nodelist/networkstatus.c
index 2c34754621..023115978c 100644
--- a/src/feature/nodelist/networkstatus.c
+++ b/src/feature/nodelist/networkstatus.c
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ networkstatus_set_current_consensus_from_ns(networkstatus_t *c,
 #endif /* defined(TOR_UNIT_TESTS) */
 
 /**
- * Helper: Read a the current consensus of type <b>flavor</b> from
+ * Helper: Read the current consensus of type <b>flavor</b> from
  * <b>fname</b>.  Flags and return values are as for
  * networkstatus_set_current_consensus().
  **/