diff --git a/doc/asymptote.texi b/doc/asymptote.texi
index ee0e3ae49..51f1f28dd 100644
--- a/doc/asymptote.texi
+++ b/doc/asymptote.texi
@@ -2704,7 +2704,7 @@ otherwise.
 
 @cindex @code{inside}
 @item pair inside(path p, pen fillrule=currentpen);
-returns an arbitrary point strictly inside a cyclic path @code{p}
+returns an arbitrary point strictly inside a nondegenerate cyclic path @code{p}
 according to the fill rule @code{fillrule} (@pxref{fillrule}).
 
 @cindex @code{strokepath}
diff --git a/include/dec.h b/include/dec.h
index ac6e5b065..395e6fec6 100644
--- a/include/dec.h
+++ b/include/dec.h
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ class receiveTypedefDec : public dec {
   typeParamList* params;
 
 public:
-  receiveTypedefDec(position pos, typeParamList* params) 
+  receiveTypedefDec(position pos, typeParamList* params)
     : dec(pos), params(params) {}
 
   void transAsField(coenv& e, record *r) override;
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ class fromdec : public dec {
     //   from a.B unravel x;
     //
     // Here, v->getType() will yield A and v->getLocation() will yield the
-    // location of the the variable a, but the record type t will be B.
+    // location of the variable a, but the record type t will be B.
     record *t;
     varEntry *v;