diff --git a/compiler/msgs.nim b/compiler/msgs.nim
index 35a1217692..a80f4a4982 100644
--- a/compiler/msgs.nim
+++ b/compiler/msgs.nim
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ type
 
   TLineInfo*{.final.} = object # This is designed to be as small as possible,
                                # because it is used
-                               # in syntax nodes. We safe space here by using 
+                               # in syntax nodes. We save space here by using 
                                # two int16 and an int32.
                                # On 64 bit and on 32 bit systems this is 
                                # only 8 bytes.
diff --git a/compiler/nimconf.nim b/compiler/nimconf.nim
index bcf9b53596..cd1fa784ff 100644
--- a/compiler/nimconf.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimconf.nim
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import
   options, idents, wordrecg
 
 # ---------------- configuration file parser -----------------------------
-# we use Nim's scanner here to safe space and work
+# we use Nim's scanner here to save space and work
 
 proc ppGetTok(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) = 
   # simple filter
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ proc checkSymbol(L: TLexer, tok: TToken) =
 proc parseAssignment(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) = 
   if tok.ident.id == getIdent("-").id or tok.ident.id == getIdent("--").id:
     confTok(L, tok)           # skip unnecessary prefix
-  var info = getLineInfo(L, tok) # safe for later in case of an error
+  var info = getLineInfo(L, tok) # save for later in case of an error
   checkSymbol(L, tok)
   var s = tokToStr(tok)
   confTok(L, tok)             # skip symbol