diff --git a/src/machine/machine-varlink.c b/src/machine/machine-varlink.c
index e932711311..a889b94d80 100644
--- a/src/machine/machine-varlink.c
+++ b/src/machine/machine-varlink.c
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ int vl_method_bind_mount(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters, sd_varli
         if (r != 0)
                 return r;
 
-        /* There is no need for extra validation since json_dispatch_const_path() does path_is_valid() and path_is_absolute().*/
+        /* There is no need for extra validation since json_dispatch_const_path() does path_is_valid() and path_is_absolute(). */
         const char *dest = p.dest ?: p.src;
 
         Machine *machine;
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ int vl_method_copy_internal(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters, sd_va
         if (r != 0)
                 return r;
 
-        /* There is no need for extra validation since json_dispatch_path() does path_is_valid() and path_is_absolute().*/
+        /* There is no need for extra validation since json_dispatch_const_path() does path_is_valid() and path_is_absolute(). */
         const char *dest = p.dest ?: p.src;
         const char *container_path = copy_from ? p.src : dest;
         const char *host_path = copy_from ? dest : p.src;
diff --git a/src/machine/machine.c b/src/machine/machine.c
index 752ba66790..54a5431c19 100644
--- a/src/machine/machine.c
+++ b/src/machine/machine.c
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ int machine_copy_from_to(
                 _cleanup_close_ int container_fd = -EBADF;
                 container_fd = open_parent(container_path, O_CLOEXEC, 0);
                 if (container_fd < 0) {
-                        log_debug_errno(container_fd, "Failed to open destination directory: %m");
+                        log_debug_errno(container_fd, "Failed to open container directory: %m");
                         report_errno_and_exit(errno_pipe_fd[1], container_fd);
                 }