diff --git a/inst/@sym/function_handle.m b/inst/@sym/function_handle.m
index f02d0d2d5..86c34e229 100644
--- a/inst/@sym/function_handle.m
+++ b/inst/@sym/function_handle.m
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     M.name = out{1}{1};
     M.code = out{1}{2};
 
-    assert (strcmp (M.name, [fcnname '.m']), 'sanity check failed: names should match');
+    assert (strcmp (M.name, [fcnname '.m']), 'correctness check failed: names should match');
 
     file_to_write = fullfile(fcnpath, [fcnname '.m']);
     [fid,msg] = fopen(file_to_write, 'w');
diff --git a/util/convert_comments.m b/util/convert_comments.m
index 26b5e267d..e339a5a82 100644
--- a/util/convert_comments.m
+++ b/util/convert_comments.m
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Colin B. Macdonald
+%% Copyright (C) 2014-2018, 2023 Colin B. Macdonald
 %%
 %% This file is part of OctSymPy.
 %%
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ function convert_comments (basedir, subdir, dirout)
   N = Nfcn;
   fcn_line = ins{N};
 
-  % sanity checks
+  % correctness checks
   I = strfind(ins{N+1}, '%');
   if ~isempty(I) && I(1) == 1
     ins{N}