diff --git a/aurora/pipelines/transfer_function_helpers.py b/aurora/pipelines/transfer_function_helpers.py
index d0f8498c..0a62be23 100644
--- a/aurora/pipelines/transfer_function_helpers.py
+++ b/aurora/pipelines/transfer_function_helpers.py
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ def set_up_iter_control(config):
 def select_channel(xrda, channel_label):
     """
     Extra helper function to make process_transfer_functions more readable without
-    black forcing multiline
+    black (the uncompromising formatter) forcing multilines.
+
     Parameters
     ----------
     xrda
diff --git a/aurora/transfer_function/regression/TRME.py b/aurora/transfer_function/regression/TRME.py
index ed13b4b1..49394b6c 100644
--- a/aurora/transfer_function/regression/TRME.py
+++ b/aurora/transfer_function/regression/TRME.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 The predicted data has to lie in span of the columns in the design matrix X.
 The predicted data has to be a linear combination of the columns of Y.
-Q is an orthoganal basis for the columns of X.
+Q is an orthogonal basis for the columns of X.
 The norms of QQHY and QHY are the same
 
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