diff --git a/pyomo/core/base/constraint.py b/pyomo/core/base/constraint.py
index b9407329e07..a2abef5c5fd 100644
--- a/pyomo/core/base/constraint.py
+++ b/pyomo/core/base/constraint.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def lower(self):
         """The lower bound of a constraint expression.
 
         This is the fixed lower bound of a Constraint as a Pyomo
-        exprression.  This may be contain potentially variable terms
+        expression.  This may contain potentially variable terms
         that are currently fixed.  If there is no lower bound, this will
         return `None`.
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def upper(self):
         """Access the upper bound of a constraint expression.
 
         This is the fixed upper bound of a Constraint as a Pyomo
-        exprression.  This may be contain potentially variable terms
+        expression.  This may contain potentially variable terms
         that are currently fixed.  If there is no upper bound, this will
         return `None`.
 
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ def lower(self):
         """The lower bound of a constraint expression.
 
         This is the fixed lower bound of a Constraint as a Pyomo
-        exprression.  This may be contain potentially variable terms
+        expression.  This may contain potentially variable terms
         that are currently fixed.  If there is no lower bound, this will
         return `None`.
 
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ def upper(self):
         """Access the upper bound of a constraint expression.
 
         This is the fixed upper bound of a Constraint as a Pyomo
-        exprression.  This may be contain potentially variable terms
+        expression.  This may contain potentially variable terms
         that are currently fixed.  If there is no upper bound, this will
         return `None`.
 
diff --git a/pyomo/core/expr/compare.py b/pyomo/core/expr/compare.py
index 97a04726765..105ef1db199 100644
--- a/pyomo/core/expr/compare.py
+++ b/pyomo/core/expr/compare.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def assertExpressionsEqual(test, a, b, include_named_exprs=True, places=None):
         If True (the default), the comparison expands all named
         expressions when generating the prefix notation
 
-    places : float
+    places : int
         Number of decimal places required for equality of floating
         point numbers in the expression. If None (the default), the
         expressions must be exactly equal.
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def assertExpressionsStructurallyEqual(
        If True (the default), the comparison expands all named
        expressions when generating the prefix notation
 
-    places : float
+    places : int
         Number of decimal places required for equality of floating
         point numbers in the expression. If None (the default), the
         expressions must be exactly equal.