diff --git a/src/control/traversable/equiv.lean b/src/control/traversable/equiv.lean
index 4008e4d2aadb7..759193ceeea72 100644
--- a/src/control/traversable/equiv.lean
+++ b/src/control/traversable/equiv.lean
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ the structure of a traversable functor using a traversable functor
 protected def traverse (f : α → m β) (x : t' α) : m (t' β) :=
 eqv β <$> traverse f ((eqv α).symm x)
 
-/-- The function `equiv.tranverse` transfers a traversable functor
+/-- The function `equiv.traverse` transfers a traversable functor
 instance across the equivalences `eqv`. -/
 protected def traversable : traversable t' :=
 { to_functor := equiv.functor eqv,
diff --git a/src/data/dlist/instances.lean b/src/data/dlist/instances.lean
index 2d43fdc18efd6..cc0c8faa21507 100644
--- a/src/data/dlist/instances.lean
+++ b/src/data/dlist/instances.lean
@@ -2,30 +2,32 @@
 Copyright (c) 2018 Simon Hudon. All rights reserved.
 Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
 Authors: Simon Hudon
-
-Traversable instance for dlists.
 -/
-import data.dlist
 import control.traversable.equiv
 import control.traversable.instances
+import data.dlist
 
-namespace dlist
+/-!
+# Traversable instance for dlists
 
-variables (α : Type*)
+This file provides the equivalence between `list α` and `dlist α` and the traversable instance
+for `dlist`.
+-/
 
 open function equiv
 
+namespace dlist
+variables (α : Type*)
+
 /-- The natural equivalence between lists and difference lists, using
 `dlist.of_list` and `dlist.to_list`. -/
 def list_equiv_dlist : list α ≃ dlist α :=
 by refine { to_fun := dlist.of_list, inv_fun := dlist.to_list, .. };
    simp [function.right_inverse,left_inverse,to_list_of_list,of_list_to_list]
 
-instance : traversable dlist :=
-equiv.traversable list_equiv_dlist
+instance : traversable dlist := equiv.traversable list_equiv_dlist
 
-instance : is_lawful_traversable dlist :=
-equiv.is_lawful_traversable list_equiv_dlist
+instance : is_lawful_traversable dlist := equiv.is_lawful_traversable list_equiv_dlist
 
 instance {α} : inhabited (dlist α) := ⟨dlist.empty⟩