diff --git a/sway-lib-std/README.md b/sway-lib-std/README.md
index 9669bfde71d..25a219ae9bd 100644
--- a/sway-lib-std/README.md
+++ b/sway-lib-std/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ The Sway Standard Library is the foundation of portable Sway software, a set of
 
 ## Usage
 
-The standard library is made implicitly available to all Forc projects created using `forc new`. In other words, it is not required to manually specify `std` as an explicit dependency. Forc will automagically use the version of `std` that matches its version.
+The standard library is made implicitly available to all Forc projects created using `forc new`. In other words, it is not required to manually specify `std` as an explicit dependency. Forc will automatically use the version of `std` that matches its version.
 
 Importing items from the standard library can be done using the `use` keyword, just as importing items from any other Sway library. For example:
 
diff --git a/sway-lib-std/src/reentrancy.sw b/sway-lib-std/src/reentrancy.sw
index a1442eeeb48..ca2e51a24e1 100644
--- a/sway-lib-std/src/reentrancy.sw
+++ b/sway-lib-std/src/reentrancy.sw
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! A reentrancy check for use in Sway contracts.
 //! Note that this only works in internal contexts.
-//! to prevent reentrancy: `assert(!is_reentrant);
+//! to prevent reentrancy: `assert(!is_reentrant());`
 library reentrancy;
 
 use ::assert::assert;