diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llapr.h b/indra/llcommon/llapr.h
index b05a222b33380e83a8e2452824fe6ddb7afcf106..c1ad0bfed1b743a6dfc5b86e92c65ea83c6a8e1c 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llapr.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llapr.h
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ typedef LLAtomic32<U32> LLAtomicU32;
 typedef LLAtomic32<S32> LLAtomicS32;
 
 // File IO convenience functions.
-// Returns NULL if the file fails to openm sets *sizep to file size of not NULL
+// Returns NULL if the file fails to open, sets *sizep to file size if not NULL
 // abbreviated flags
 #define LL_APR_R (APR_READ) // "r"
 #define LL_APR_W (APR_CREATE|APR_TRUNCATE|APR_WRITE) // "w"
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ typedef LLAtomic32<S32> LLAtomicS32;
 //      especially do not put some time-costly operations between open() and close().
 //      otherwise it might lock the APRFilePool.
 //there are two different apr_pools the APRFile can use:
-//      1, a temperary pool passed to an APRFile function, which is used within this function and only once.
+//      1, a temporary pool passed to an APRFile function, which is used within this function and only once.
 //      2, a global pool.
 //
 
diff --git a/indra/llvfs/lllfsthread.cpp b/indra/llvfs/lllfsthread.cpp
index e85cc437f40c83e6d1b494fcf5ce09a6f724bc86..49c198a82d31e371e4ca7bffa8d2c59b4eae7bd6 100644
--- a/indra/llvfs/lllfsthread.cpp
+++ b/indra/llvfs/lllfsthread.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ bool LLLFSThread::Request::processRequest()
 	if (mOperation ==  FILE_READ)
 	{
 		llassert(mOffset >= 0);
-		LLAPRFile infile ;
+		LLAPRFile infile ; // auto-closes
 		infile.open(mFileName, LL_APR_RB, mThread->getLocalAPRFilePool());
 		if (!infile.getFileHandle())
 		{
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ bool LLLFSThread::Request::processRequest()
 		llassert_always(off >= 0);
 		mBytesRead = infile.read(mBuffer, mBytes );
 		complete = true;
-		infile.close() ;
 // 		llinfos << "LLLFSThread::READ:" << mFileName << " Bytes: " << mBytesRead << llendl;
 	}
 	else if (mOperation ==  FILE_WRITE)
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ bool LLLFSThread::Request::processRequest()
 		apr_int32_t flags = APR_CREATE|APR_WRITE|APR_BINARY;
 		if (mOffset < 0)
 			flags |= APR_APPEND;
-		LLAPRFile outfile ;
+		LLAPRFile outfile ; // auto-closes
 		outfile.open(mFileName, flags, mThread->getLocalAPRFilePool());
 		if (!outfile.getFileHandle())
 		{
@@ -232,7 +231,6 @@ bool LLLFSThread::Request::processRequest()
 		}
 		mBytesRead = outfile.write(mBuffer, mBytes );
 		complete = true;
-
 // 		llinfos << "LLLFSThread::WRITE:" << mFileName << " Bytes: " << mBytesRead << "/" << mBytes << " Offset:" << mOffset << llendl;
 	}
 	else