diff --git a/include/list.h b/include/list.h
index b64450c72..b6e0d34f4 100644
--- a/include/list.h
+++ b/include/list.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
  *
  * In addition to it's value, each list item contains a pointer to the next
  * item in the list (pxNext), a pointer to the list it is in (pxContainer)
- * and a pointer to back to the object that contains it.  These later two
+ * and a pointer back to the object that contains it.  These later two
  * pointers are included for efficiency of list manipulation.  There is
  * effectively a two way link between the object containing the list item and
  * the list item itself.
diff --git a/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/Posix/port.c b/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/Posix/port.c
index b5a4a1b62..d0b81dc1e 100644
--- a/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/Posix/port.c
+++ b/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/Posix/port.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ void prvFatalError( const char * pcCall,
 }
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-static void prvPortSetCurrentThreadName( char * pxThreadName )
+static void prvPortSetCurrentThreadName( const char * pxThreadName )
 {
     #ifdef __APPLE__
         pthread_setname_np( pxThreadName );