diff --git a/cipher/ChangeLog b/cipher/ChangeLog
index 87caa98a9..ebc7d2a7a 100644
--- a/cipher/ChangeLog
+++ b/cipher/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 2002-08-30  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
-	* random.c: Automagically detect the entrop gatherer when
-	configure so.
+	* random.c: Automagically detect the entropy gatherer when
+	this feature is configured.
 	* rndegd.c (rndegd_connect_socket): New.  Factored out from ..
 	(rndegd_gather_random): here and call it.
 	(do_read): Update the counter variables correctly.  This was not a
diff --git a/cipher/cipher.c b/cipher/cipher.c
index ecab7a520..9a774cf85 100644
--- a/cipher/cipher.c
+++ b/cipher/cipher.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 /* We have support for a DUMMY encryption cipher which comes handy to
    debug MDCs and similar things.  Because this is a bit dangerous it
    is not enabled. */
-#define ALLOW_DUMMY 1 
+/*#define ALLOW_DUMMY 1 */
 
 #define MAX_BLOCKSIZE 16
 #define TABLE_SIZE 14
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ setup_cipher_table(void)
 					 &cipher_table[i].encrypt,
 					 &cipher_table[i].decrypt     );
     if (cipher_table[i].name)
-      i++;  /* Note that IDEA is usually no available. */
+      i++;  /* Note that IDEA is usually not available. */
 
 #ifdef ALLOW_DUMMY
     cipher_table[i].algo = CIPHER_ALGO_DUMMY;