diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/ndarray/dnanstdevch/benchmark/benchmark.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/ndarray/dnanstdevch/benchmark/benchmark.js
index 7d5c4db9d893..02bbd47bbe39 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/ndarray/dnanstdevch/benchmark/benchmark.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/ndarray/dnanstdevch/benchmark/benchmark.js
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ function createBenchmark( len ) {
 		b.tic();
 		for ( i = 0; i < b.iterations; i++ ) {
 			v = dnanstdevch( [ x, correction ] );
-			if ( typeof v !== 'number' ) {
-				b.fail( 'should return a number' );
+			if ( isnan( v ) ) {
+				b.fail( 'should not return NaN' );
 			}
 		}
 		b.toc();
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/snanmskminabs/README.md b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/snanmskminabs/README.md
index 19c93c31cb6c..7f8f910afba3 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/snanmskminabs/README.md
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/snanmskminabs/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The function has the following parameters:
 -   **mask**: mask [`Uint8Array`][@stdlib/array/uint8]. If a `mask` array element is `0`, the corresponding element in `x` is considered valid and **included** in computation. If a `mask` array element is `1`, the corresponding element in `x` is considered invalid/missing and **excluded** from computation.
 -   **strideMask**: stride length for `mask`.
 
-The `N` and stride parameters determine which elements in the strided array are accessed at runtime. For example, to compute the minimum absolute value of every other element in `x`,
+The `N` and stride parameters determine which elements in the strided arrays are accessed at runtime. For example, to compute the minimum absolute value of every other element in `x`,
 
 ```javascript
 var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array/float32' );