diff --git a/scripts/codespell-project.sh b/scripts/codespell-project.sh
index c9cd13f3d..85fcee634 100755
--- a/scripts/codespell-project.sh
+++ b/scripts/codespell-project.sh
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 #     -i 3
 # as arguments to interactively fix detected issues,
 # including ambiguous ones,
-# rather than just directly fixing the ones it can.
+# rather than only directly fixing the ones it can.
 
 # Success error code if no mistakes or only auto-fixable mistakes found.
 # Failure error code if one or more ambiguous fixes found (requiring interactive fixing).
 
 # See https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-# or just run pip3 install codespell
+# or run pip3 install codespell
 
 set -e
 
diff --git a/scripts/format-and-spellcheck.sh b/scripts/format-and-spellcheck.sh
index cc98f46dd..bf145906b 100755
--- a/scripts/format-and-spellcheck.sh
+++ b/scripts/format-and-spellcheck.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ PATCH_NAME=fixes.diff
     else
         # At least one non-auto-fixable error. e.g. "a o t h e r" (remove spaces)
         echo
-        echo "Codespell found at least one issue it couldn't auto-fix, see above."
+        echo "Codespell found at least one issue it couldn't auto-fix, see preceding."
         echo "If the issue isn't actually a problem, edit IGNORE_WORDS_LIST in $(dirname $0)/codespell-project.sh"
         echo "Otherwise, you may run \`$(dirname $0)/codespell-project.sh -i 3\` locally to interactively fix."
         echo