diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
index 016cdadb4d..c7006000a6 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import urllib
 # hg:
 # Emulate hg-git.
 # Only hg bookmarks are exported as git branches.
-# Commits are modified to preserve hg information and allow biridectionality.
+# Commits are modified to preserve hg information and allow bidirectionality.
 #
 
 NAME_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+)')
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg-bidi.sh b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg-bidi.sh
index a94eb28092..1d61982436 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg-bidi.sh
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg-bidi.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # https://bitbucket.org/durin42/hg-git/src
 #
 
-test_description='Test biridectionality of remote-hg'
+test_description='Test bidirectionality of remote-hg'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
diff --git a/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh b/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh
index 1ae4d87c92..1a5a5f39fd 100755
--- a/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh
+++ b/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ valid_ref() {
 		prereq=$1
 		shift
 	esac
-	test_expect_success $prereq "ref name '$1' is valid${2:+ with options $2}" "
+	desc="ref name '$1' is valid${2:+ with options $2}"
+	test_expect_success $prereq "$desc" "
 		git check-ref-format $2 '$1'
 	"
 }
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ invalid_ref() {
 		prereq=$1
 		shift
 	esac
-	test_expect_success $prereq "ref name '$1' is invalid${2:+ with options $2}" "
+	desc="ref name '$1' is invalid${2:+ with options $2}"
+	test_expect_success $prereq "$desc" "
 		test_must_fail git check-ref-format $2 '$1'
 	"
 }