diff --git a/indra/llcommon/lldeadmantimer.h b/indra/llcommon/lldeadmantimer.h
index 0dde16b7175f4c728b9bdf6962b7f10ba812f7b0..980976e176bd84a5d7d5a7567fa68d29aaf6f5fa 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/lldeadmantimer.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/lldeadmantimer.h
@@ -155,11 +155,9 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLDeadmanTimer
 	///
 	void ringBell(time_type now, unsigned int count);
 	
-	/// Checks on the status of the timer Declare that something interesting happened.  This has two
-	/// effects on an unexpired-timer.  1)  The expiration time
-	/// is extended for 'horizon' seconds after the 'now' value.
-	/// 2)  An internal counter associated with the event is incremented.
-	/// This count is returned via the @see isExpired() method.
+	/// Checks the status of the timer.  If the timer has expired,
+	/// also returns various timer-related stats.  Unlike ringBell(),
+	/// does not extend the horizon, it only checks for expiration.
 	///
 	/// @param now		Current time as returned by @see
 	///					LLTimer::getCurrentClockCount().  If zero,
@@ -192,7 +190,7 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLDeadmanTimer
 	bool isExpired(time_type now, F64 & started, F64 & stopped, U64 & count,
 				   U64 & user_cpu, U64 & sys_cpu);
 
-	/// Identical to the six-arugment form except is does without the
+	/// Identical to the six-arugment form except it does without the
 	/// CPU time return if the caller isn't interested in it.
 	bool isExpired(time_type now, F64 & started, F64 & stopped, U64 & count);
 
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/llcurl.cpp b/indra/llmessage/llcurl.cpp
index efbc804cbccca5d8f19555e70c5e5575835732f4..25e175f2cc314d32e2a26fafe733ee84492cf38d 100755
--- a/indra/llmessage/llcurl.cpp
+++ b/indra/llmessage/llcurl.cpp
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ LLCurl::Easy* LLCurl::Easy::getEasy()
 	
 	// Enable a brief cache period for now.  This was zero for the longest time
 	// which caused some routers grief and generated unneeded traffic.  For the
-	// threded resolver, we're using system resolution libraries and non-zero values
+	// threaded resolver, we're using system resolution libraries and non-zero values
 	// are preferred.  The c-ares resolver is another matter and it might not
 	// track server changes as well.
 	CURLcode result = curl_easy_setopt(easy->mCurlEasyHandle, CURLOPT_DNS_CACHE_TIMEOUT, 15);