diff --git a/src/docker.rs b/src/docker.rs
index 4d422d084..9afb27e9b 100644
--- a/src/docker.rs
+++ b/src/docker.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ pub fn run(target: &Target,
     }
 
     if let Some(toml) = toml {
-        for var in toml.env_whitelist(target)? {
+        for var in toml.env_passthrough(target)? {
             if var.contains("=") {
                 bail!("environment variable names must not contain the '=' character");
             }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 100b0a9d6..ce95cb2a5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ impl Toml {
     }
 
     /// Returns the list of environment variables to pass through for `target`,
-    /// including variables sepcified under `build` and under `target`.
+    /// including variables specified under `build` and under `target`.
     pub fn env_passthrough(&self, target: &Target) -> Result<Vec<&str>> {
         let mut bwl = self.build_env_passthrough()?;
         let mut twl = self.target_env_passthrough(target)?;