diff --git a/btcec.go b/btcec.go
index d45fef2a..0ad85b6c 100644
--- a/btcec.go
+++ b/btcec.go
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ func (curve *KoblitzCurve) doubleZ1EqualsOne(x1, y1, x3, y3, z3 *fieldVal) {
 // any assumptions about the z value and stores the result in (x3, y3, z3).
 // That is to say (x3, y3, z3) = 2*(x1, y1, z1).  It is the slowest of the point
 // doubling routines due to requiring the most arithmetic.
-func (cuve *KoblitzCurve) doubleGeneric(x1, y1, z1, x3, y3, z3 *fieldVal) {
+func (curve *KoblitzCurve) doubleGeneric(x1, y1, z1, x3, y3, z3 *fieldVal) {
 	// Point doubling formula for Jacobian coordinates for the secp256k1
 	// curve:
 	// X3 = (3*X1^2)^2 - 8*X1*Y1^2
diff --git a/signature.go b/signature.go
index 9bd9fa6a..cb798958 100644
--- a/signature.go
+++ b/signature.go
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func recoverKeyFromSignature(curve *KoblitzCurve, sig *Signature, msg []byte,
 	if doChecks {
 		nRx, nRy := curve.ScalarMult(Rx, Ry, curve.Params().N.Bytes())
 		if nRx.Sign() != 0 || nRy.Sign() != 0 {
-			return nil, errors.New("R*n does not equal the point at infinity")
+			return nil, errors.New("n*R does not equal the point at infinity")
 		}
 	}