diff --git a/interface/src/AvatarTouch.cpp b/interface/src/AvatarTouch.cpp
index 2072848902..c598cc9a03 100644
--- a/interface/src/AvatarTouch.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/AvatarTouch.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void AvatarTouch::render(glm::vec3 cameraPosition) {
         p.y = 0.0005f;
         renderCircle(p, _reachableRadius, glm::vec3(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f), 30);
 
-        // show if we are golding hands...
+        // show if we are holding hands...
         if (_weAreHoldingHands) {
             renderBeamBetweenHands();
             
diff --git a/interface/src/Camera.cpp b/interface/src/Camera.cpp
index 1b1dc56ae2..fa0744bf49 100644
--- a/interface/src/Camera.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Camera.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void Camera::updateFollowMode(float deltaTime) {
     if (_linearModeShift < 1.0f) {
         _linearModeShift += _modeShiftRate * deltaTime;
         
-        _modeShift = ONE_HALF - ONE_HALF * cosf(_linearModeShift * PIE * 1.0);
+        _modeShift = ONE_HALF - ONE_HALF * cosf(_linearModeShift * PIE );
 
         _upShift   = _previousUpShift   * (1.0f - _modeShift) + _newUpShift   * _modeShift;
         _distance  = _previousDistance  * (1.0f - _modeShift) + _newDistance  * _modeShift;