diff --git a/Source/Python/Classes/MarsRetrieval.py b/Source/Python/Classes/MarsRetrieval.py
index 61b1d3ad088f1164c9f7e64ea367e2987480c5f3..426bce3cf8b53c395fee2e88c00fe10b5c0f8484 100644
--- a/Source/Python/Classes/MarsRetrieval.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Classes/MarsRetrieval.py
@@ -506,15 +506,15 @@ class MarsRetrieval(object):
             newattrs['month'] = date.month
             newattrs['day'] =  date.day          
   
-        # need to correct the time apperance for CDS surface field retrievals 
+        # need to correct the time appearance for CDS surface field retrievals 
         if attrs['type'] == 'FC': # for EA5 only flux fields are retrieved as FC type
             # need to convert fc start times 06/18 to usual AN times
-            # since the surface fields can only be access through their validity time
+            # since the surface fields can only be accessed through their validity time
             start, end, step = map(int,attrs['step'].split('/')[::2])
             newattrs['time'] = [ "{0:0=2d}".format(s) for s in range(0,24,step) ]
         elif '/' in attrs['time']: # we expect a list of times separated by /
             newattrs['time'] = attrs['time'].split('/')
-        elif isinstance(attrs['time'], str): # we expect a single time in here
+        elif isinstance(attrs['time'], str): # we expect a single time here
             newattrs['time'] = [ attrs['time'] ]
         
         newattrs['product_type'] = 'reanalysis'