diff --git a/core/state_transition.go b/core/state_transition.go
index 0f9ee9eea5..1858c3b658 100644
--- a/core/state_transition.go
+++ b/core/state_transition.go
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ func (st *stateTransition) execute() (*ExecutionResult, error) {
 
 	var (
 		ret   []byte
-		vmerr error // vm errors do not effect consensus and are therefore not assigned to err
+		vmerr error // vm errors do not affect consensus and are therefore not assigned to err
 	)
 	if contractCreation {
 		ret, _, st.gasRemaining, vmerr = st.evm.Create(msg.From, msg.Data, st.gasRemaining, value)
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ func (st *stateTransition) validateAuthorization(auth *types.SetCodeAuthorizatio
 		return authority, fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrAuthorizationInvalidSignature, err)
 	}
 	// Check the authority account
-	//  1) doesn't have code or has exisiting delegation
+	//  1) doesn't have code or has existing delegation
 	//  2) matches the auth's nonce
 	//
 	// Note it is added to the access list even if the authorization is invalid.