diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h b/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h
index b75755e..1ac6277 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@
     if (precision < 0)
         precision = default_precision;
 
-    /* Cast "type", because if we're in unicode we need to pass a
+    /* Cast "type", because if we're in unicode we need to pass an
        8-bit char. This is safe, because we've restricted what "type"
        can be. */
     buf = PyOS_double_to_string(val, (char)type, precision, flags,
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@
     if (precision < 0)
         precision = default_precision;
 
-    /* Cast "type", because if we're in unicode we need to pass a
+    /* Cast "type", because if we're in unicode we need to pass an
        8-bit char. This is safe, because we've restricted what "type"
        can be. */
     re_buf = PyOS_double_to_string(re, (char)type, precision, flags,