diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/_watch.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/_watch.lua
index 13894c6147..8bfa61cf1e 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/_watch.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/_watch.lua
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ function M.watch(path, opts, callback)
       -- This is mostly a placeholder until we have `nvim_log` API.
       vim.notify_once(('watch.watch: %s'):format(start_err), vim.log.levels.INFO)
     end
+    handle:close()
     -- TODO(justinmk): log important errors once we have `nvim_log` API.
     return function() end
   end
diff --git a/test/functional/ui/decorations_spec.lua b/test/functional/ui/decorations_spec.lua
index 00995b6a51..a30aeb655a 100644
--- a/test/functional/ui/decorations_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/ui/decorations_spec.lua
@@ -3067,7 +3067,7 @@ describe('extmark decorations', function()
     ]])
   end)
 
-  it('redraws extmark that starts and ends outisde the screen', function()
+  it('redraws extmark that starts and ends outside the screen', function()
     local lines = vim.split(('1'):rep(20), '', { plain = true })
     api.nvim_buf_set_lines(0, 0, -1, true, lines)
     api.nvim_buf_set_extmark(0, ns, 0, 0, { hl_group = 'ErrorMsg', end_row = 19, end_col = 0 })