diff --git a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_drm_syncobj.c b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_drm_syncobj.c
index c444b5f3346..cef0561f0ed 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_drm_syncobj.c
+++ b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_drm_syncobj.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ vk_drm_syncobj_import_opaque_fd(struct vk_device *device,
    int err = drmSyncobjFDToHandle(device->drm_fd, fd, &new_handle);
    if (err) {
       return vk_errorf(device, VK_ERROR_UNKNOWN,
-                       "DRM_IOCTL_SYNCOBJ_HANDLE_TO_FD failed: %m");
+                       "DRM_IOCTL_SYNCOBJ_FD_TO_HANDLE failed: %m");
    }
 
    err = drmSyncobjDestroy(device->drm_fd, sobj->syncobj);
diff --git a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_sync.h b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_sync.h
index cd14ed6569a..ff493bd62c9 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_sync.h
+++ b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_sync.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ enum vk_sync_features {
     * vk_sync types.  This is used to by the threaded submit mode to ensure
     * that everything gets submitted to the kernel driver in-order.
     *
-    * A vk_sync is operates in binary mode if VK_SYNC_IS_TIMELINE is not set
+    * A vk_sync operates in binary mode if VK_SYNC_IS_TIMELINE is not set
     * in vk_sync::flags.
     */
    VK_SYNC_FEATURE_BINARY              = (1 << 0),
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ enum vk_sync_features {
     * submit to re-order things so that the kernel requests happen in a valid
     * linear order.
     *
-    * A vk_sync is operates in binary mode if VK_SYNC_IS_TIMELINE is set in
+    * A vk_sync operates in timeline mode if VK_SYNC_IS_TIMELINE is set in
     * vk_sync::flags.
     */
    VK_SYNC_FEATURE_TIMELINE            = (1 << 1),