diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/DatasetLifecycleManager.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/DatasetLifecycleManager.java
index eea3d99..90fcf87 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/DatasetLifecycleManager.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/DatasetLifecycleManager.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
             accessor.scheduleFlush(((BaseOperationTracker) iInfo.index.getOperationTracker()).getIOOperationCallback());
         }
 
-        // Then wait for above flush op. 
+        // Then wait for the above flush op. 
         // They are separated so they don't deadlock each other.
         while (dsInfo.numActiveIOOps > 0) {
             try {
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/PrimaryIndexOperationTracker.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/PrimaryIndexOperationTracker.java
index 7304b4f..6a80c5c 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/PrimaryIndexOperationTracker.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/PrimaryIndexOperationTracker.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 public class PrimaryIndexOperationTracker extends BaseOperationTracker {
 
-    // Number of active operations on a ILSMIndex instance.
+    // Number of active operations on an ILSMIndex instance.
     private final AtomicInteger numActiveOperations;
 
     public PrimaryIndexOperationTracker(DatasetLifecycleManager datasetLifecycleManager, int datasetID,