diff --git a/src/common/log.c b/src/common/log.c
index d14563c885..ac98f13539 100644
--- a/src/common/log.c
+++ b/src/common/log.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ logv(int severity, log_domain_mask_t domain, const char *funcname,
 
 /** Output a message to the log.  It gets logged to all logfiles that
  * care about messages with <b>severity</b> in <b>domain</b>. The content
- * is formatted printf style basedc on <b>format</b> and extra arguments.
+ * is formatted printf-style based on <b>format</b> and extra arguments.
  * */
 void
 tor_log(int severity, log_domain_mask_t domain, const char *format, ...)
diff --git a/src/common/torlog.h b/src/common/torlog.h
index 000e32ddab..541a0d1738 100644
--- a/src/common/torlog.h
+++ b/src/common/torlog.h
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ void change_callback_log_severity(int loglevelMin, int loglevelMax,
 void flush_pending_log_callbacks(void);
 void log_set_application_name(const char *name);
 
-/* Outputs a message to stdout */
 void tor_log(int severity, log_domain_mask_t domain, const char *format, ...)
   CHECK_PRINTF(3,4);
 #define log tor_log /* hack it so we don't conflict with log() as much */