diff --git a/src/library.js b/src/library.js
index ac00d4b869cde..913aaa72d1041 100644
--- a/src/library.js
+++ b/src/library.js
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ addToLibrary({
 
 #if !STANDALONE_WASM
   // Use to implement that native `abort` symbol.  Note that we use the
-  // disctive JavaScript `abort` helper in order to implement this function,
-  // but we use a ditict name here to avoid confusing the two.
+  // JavaScript `abort` helper in order to implement this function, but we use a
+  // distinct name here to avoid confusing the two.
   _abort_js: () => {
 #if ASSERTIONS
     abort('native code called abort()');
diff --git a/system/lib/libc/musl/src/exit/abort.c b/system/lib/libc/musl/src/exit/abort.c
index ad451832e9a9d..3c742acc85ad6 100644
--- a/system/lib/libc/musl/src/exit/abort.c
+++ b/system/lib/libc/musl/src/exit/abort.c
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 _Noreturn void abort(void)
 {
 #if __EMSCRIPTEN__
-	/* In emscripten we call out JS to perform that actual abort where it can
-	 * produce nice error.
-	 * Note that JS library function not called `abort` to avoid conflit with
-	 * the JavaScript abort helper (which takes a JS string and is used to
-	 * implement _abort_js) */
+	/* In emscripten we call out JS to perform the actual abort where it can
+	 * produce a nice error.
+	 * Note that the JS library function not called `abort` to avoid conflict with
+	 * the JavaScript abort helper (which takes a JS string as an argument and is
+	 * itself used to implement _abort_js) */
 	_abort_js();
 #else
 	raise(SIGABRT);
diff --git a/system/lib/standalone/standalone.c b/system/lib/standalone/standalone.c
index 5dbf967796c9a..727a0d009a5cc 100644
--- a/system/lib/standalone/standalone.c
+++ b/system/lib/standalone/standalone.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 void _abort_js(void) {
   __builtin_trap();
+  /* Beyond this point should be unreachable. */
   _Exit(117);
 }