diff --git a/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/xml/EncodedDataType.java b/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/xml/EncodedDataType.java
index ac175bb37..14d4a61f3 100644
--- a/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/xml/EncodedDataType.java
+++ b/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/xml/EncodedDataType.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public EncodedDataType(final Node node, final String givenName, final String ref
 
             if (presence() != CONSTANT)
             {
-                handleError(node, "present must be constant when valueRef is set: " + valueRef);
+                handleError(node, "presence must be constant when valueRef is set: " + valueRef);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/xml/Type.java b/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/xml/Type.java
index 8b54fb6cf..1b05a4ca8 100644
--- a/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/xml/Type.java
+++ b/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/xml/Type.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public Type(
      * @param presence     of the type.
      * @param description  of the type or null.
      * @param sinceVersion for the type
-     * @param deprecated   version in which this wa.s deprecated.
+     * @param deprecated   version in which this was deprecated.
      * @param semanticType of the type or null.
      */
     public Type(