diff --git a/src/or/main.c b/src/or/main.c
index 84bc98e8b6..0ab96dd60f 100644
--- a/src/or/main.c
+++ b/src/or/main.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static char* nt_strerror(uint32_t errnum);
 /** How long do we let OR connections handshake before we decide that
  * they are obsolete? */
 #define TLS_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT           (60)
-/** How often do we write hidden service usage statistics to disk* */
+/** How often do we write hidden service usage statistics to disk? */
 #define WRITE_HSUSAGE_INTERVAL (900)
 
 /********* END VARIABLES ************/
diff --git a/src/or/or.h b/src/or/or.h
index 00f90ad8be..2fe0faee45 100644
--- a/src/or/or.h
+++ b/src/or/or.h
@@ -2800,7 +2800,7 @@ void dump_pk_ops(int severity);
 
 void rep_hist_free_all(void);
 
-/* for hidden service usage statistic */
+/* for hidden service usage statistics */
 void hs_usage_note_publish_total(const char *service_id, time_t now);
 void hs_usage_note_publish_novel(const char *service_id, time_t now);
 void hs_usage_note_fetch_total(const char *service_id, time_t now);
diff --git a/src/or/rendcommon.c b/src/or/rendcommon.c
index f9a237bb23..ebc84eb2c0 100644
--- a/src/or/rendcommon.c
+++ b/src/or/rendcommon.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ rend_cache_store(const char *desc, size_t desc_len, int published)
   }
   /* report novel publication to statistics */
   if (published && options->HSAuthorityRecordStats) {
-    hs_usage_note_publish_total(query, time(NULL));
+    hs_usage_note_publish_total(query, now);
   }
   e = (rend_cache_entry_t*) strmap_get_lc(rend_cache, key);
   if (e && e->parsed->timestamp > parsed->timestamp) {
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ rend_cache_store(const char *desc, size_t desc_len, int published)
     strmap_set_lc(rend_cache, key, e);
     /* report novel publication to statistics */
     if (published && options->HSAuthorityRecordStats) {
-      hs_usage_note_publish_novel(query, time(NULL));
+      hs_usage_note_publish_novel(query, now);
     }
   } else {
     rend_service_descriptor_free(e->parsed);
diff --git a/src/or/rephist.c b/src/or/rephist.c
index 1243fa3ebe..802458c56f 100644
--- a/src/or/rephist.c
+++ b/src/or/rephist.c
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ hs_usage_free_all(void)
   current_period = NULL;
 }
 
-/** Inserts a new occurence for the given service id to the given ordered
+/** Inserts a new occurrence for the given service id to the given ordered
  * list. */
 static void
 hs_usage_insert_value(hs_usage_list_t *lst, const char *service_id)
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ hs_usage_insert_value(hs_usage_list_t *lst, const char *service_id)
   /* search if there is already an elem with same service_id in list */
   hs_usage_list_elem_t *current = lst->start;
   hs_usage_list_elem_t *previous = NULL;
-  while (current != NULL && strcmp(current->service_id,service_id)) {
+  while (current != NULL && strcasecmp(current->service_id,service_id)) {
     previous = current;
     current = current->next;
   }
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ hs_usage_insert_value(hs_usage_list_t *lst, const char *service_id)
      * list), don't need to sort (1 is smallest value). */
     /* create elem */
     hs_usage_list_elem_t *e = hs_usage_list_elem_new();
-    /* update list attributes (one new elem, one new occurence) */
+    /* update list attributes (one new elem, one new occurrence) */
     lst->total_count++;
     lst->total_service_ids++;
     /* copy service id to elem */
@@ -1303,10 +1303,10 @@ hs_usage_insert_value(hs_usage_list_t *lst, const char *service_id)
       previous->next = e;
     }
   } else {
-    /* found! add occurence to elem and consider resorting */
-    /* update list attributes (no new elem, but one new occurence) */
+    /* found! add occurrence to elem and consider resorting */
+    /* update list attributes (no new elem, but one new occurrence) */
     lst->total_count++;
-    /* add occurence to elem */
+    /* add occurrence to elem */
     current->count++;
     /* is it another than the first list elem? and has previous elem fewer
      * count than current? then we need to resort */