diff --git a/Inst_eddies/max_speed_contour_ssh.f90 b/Inst_eddies/max_speed_contour_ssh.f90
index 695c49fddc3e176db547f1e28bfc96691fe5ea29..7cb7e84f8c6af9d895cb4d7b10cd5133fce9ab57 100644
--- a/Inst_eddies/max_speed_contour_ssh.f90
+++ b/Inst_eddies/max_speed_contour_ssh.f90
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ contains
 
     !----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    ! Assuming that ascending indices in u and v mean correspond to
+    ! Assuming that ascending indices in u and v correspond to
     ! ascending longitude and latitude:
     v_azim(east, :) = v(ind_extr(1) + 1:ind_extr(1) + radius - 1, &
          ind_extr(2))
diff --git a/Inst_eddies/set_max_speed.f90 b/Inst_eddies/set_max_speed.f90
index cea64de059a7286ccb9d6fd038a8d0faccb1f842..750ee87aa824a276bff1d2ee735f82835370db1e 100644
--- a/Inst_eddies/set_max_speed.f90
+++ b/Inst_eddies/set_max_speed.f90
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ contains
 
        e%speed_cont%ssh = max_speed_contour_ssh(ssh, u, v, ind_targ_extr, &
             e%radius4)
-       
+
        if (e%speed_cont%ssh == missing_ssh) then
           e%speed_cont = null_ssh_contour()
           e%max_speed = speed_outerm