diff --git a/share/wake/lib/system/io.wake b/share/wake/lib/system/io.wake
index d1bd2bb21..24eb5d2db 100644
--- a/share/wake/lib/system/io.wake
+++ b/share/wake/lib/system/io.wake
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export def read (path: Path): Result String Error =
 #
 # Allows for calls to the write prim to be tracked in the database as any other job.
 # Ideally content would be part of RunnerInputCmd however this gets tracked exactly in the database
-# which means all writes would cost 2x the total amount.
+# which means all writes would use 2x the total storage in the database.
 def writeRunner (content: String) =
     def primWrite (mode: Integer) (path: String) (content: String): Result String String =
         (\_ \_ \_ prim "write") mode path content
diff --git a/share/wake/lib/system/job_cache_runner.wake b/share/wake/lib/system/job_cache_runner.wake
index 52c9a9e55..ee8473c32 100644
--- a/share/wake/lib/system/job_cache_runner.wake
+++ b/share/wake/lib/system/job_cache_runner.wake
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export def mkJobCacheRunner (hashFn: RunnerInput => Result String Error) (wakero
             True
 
         # Now we need to run the job
-        require Pass (RunnerOutput inputs outputs useage) = baseDoIt job (Pass input)
+        require Pass (RunnerOutput inputs outputs usage) = baseDoIt job (Pass input)
 
         def Usage status runtime cputime mem ibytes obytes = useage
         def inputsTree = listToTree scmpCanonical inputs