diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index 716094b2f..77146dd6e 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -2152,9 +2152,9 @@ CURLcode Curl_follow(struct SessionHandle *data,
    * a HTTP (proxy-) authentication scheme other than Basic.
    */
   switch(data->info.httpcode) {
-    /* 401 - Act on a www-authentication, we keep on moving and do the
+    /* 401 - Act on a WWW-Authenticate, we keep on moving and do the
        Authorization: XXXX header in the HTTP request code snippet */
-    /* 407 - Act on a proxy-authentication, we keep on moving and do the
+    /* 407 - Act on a Proxy-Authenticate, we keep on moving and do the
        Proxy-Authorization: XXXX header in the HTTP request code snippet */
     /* 300 - Multiple Choices */
     /* 306 - Not used */