diff --git a/apps/codecs/libfaad/syntax.c b/apps/codecs/libfaad/syntax.c
index 595f69fff6..9476029932 100644
--- a/apps/codecs/libfaad/syntax.c
+++ b/apps/codecs/libfaad/syntax.c
@@ -2065,11 +2065,11 @@ static uint16_t extension_payload(bitfile *ld, drc_info *drc, uint16_t count)
         return n;
     case EXT_FILL_DATA:
         /* fill_nibble = */ faad_getbits(ld, 4
-            DEBUGVAR(1,136,"extension_payload(): fill_nibble")); /* must be æ0000Æ */
+            DEBUGVAR(1,136,"extension_payload(): fill_nibble")); /* must be "0000" */
         for (i = 0; i < count-1; i++)
         {
             /* fill_byte[i] = */ faad_getbits(ld, 8
-                DEBUGVAR(1,88,"extension_payload(): fill_byte")); /* must be æ10100101Æ */
+                DEBUGVAR(1,88,"extension_payload(): fill_byte")); /* must be "10100101" */
         }
         return count;
     case EXT_DATA_ELEMENT:
diff --git a/rbutil/ipodpatcher/fat32format.c b/rbutil/ipodpatcher/fat32format.c
index 19500f49bf..a9417b22a2 100644
--- a/rbutil/ipodpatcher/fat32format.c
+++ b/rbutil/ipodpatcher/fat32format.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ int format_partition(struct ipod_t* ipod, int partition)
     if ( qTotalSectors >= 0xffffffff )
     {
         /* This is a more fundamental limitation on FAT32 - the total
-           sector count in the root dir ­s 32bit. With a bit of
+           sector count in the root dir is 32bit. With a bit of
            creativity, FAT32 could be extended to handle at least 2^28
            clusters There would need to be an extra field in the
            FSInfo sector, and the old sector count could be set to