diff --git a/src/unix/fs.c b/src/unix/fs.c
index 64517c4652..4e572b7d96 100644
--- a/src/unix/fs.c
+++ b/src/unix/fs.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static ssize_t uv__fs_sendfile_emul(uv_fs_t* req) {
    *
    * 1. Read errors are reported only if nsent==0, otherwise we return nsent.
    *    The user needs to know that some data has already been sent, to stop
-   *    him from sending it twice.
+   *    them from sending it twice.
    *
    * 2. Write errors are always reported. Write errors are bad because they
    *    mean data loss: we've read data but now we can't write it out.
diff --git a/src/unix/stream.c b/src/unix/stream.c
index 5b8d15ec03..8fa8066eab 100644
--- a/src/unix/stream.c
+++ b/src/unix/stream.c
@@ -668,8 +668,8 @@ static void uv__write_req_finish(uv_write_t* req) {
   /* Only free when there was no error. On error, we touch up write_queue_size
    * right before making the callback. The reason we don't do that right away
    * is that a write_queue_size > 0 is our only way to signal to the user that
-   * he should stop writing - which he should if we got an error. Something to
-   * revisit in future revisions of the libuv API.
+   * they should stop writing - which they should if we got an error. Something
+   * to revisit in future revisions of the libuv API.
    */
   if (req->error == 0) {
     if (req->bufs != req->bufsml)