diff --git a/zero-framework.el b/zero-framework.el
index cfc98bfd79888ac7d335a43aabfb103937353c22..3a02df06a4b2ed20dd5c9b4fa0fe401ecad3fc60 100644
--- a/zero-framework.el
+++ b/zero-framework.el
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ return ch's Chinese punctuation if ch is converted. return nil otherwise"
 	  (zero-show-candidates))))
 
 (defun zero-handle-preedit-char-default (ch)
-  "hanlde character insert in `*zero-state-im-preediting*' mode"
+  "hanlde character insert in `*zero-state-im-preediting*' state"
   (cond
    ((= ch ?\s)
     (zero-commit-first-candidate-or-preedit-str))
diff --git a/zero-pinyin.el b/zero-pinyin.el
index 727d506f7f53bad254b391bcc7f583401d36058b..db7a663615040e70dab67a2597baf6ce0324f243 100644
--- a/zero-pinyin.el
+++ b/zero-pinyin.el
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ otherwise, just return nil"
        (t (error "unexpected zero-pinyin-state: %s" zero-pinyin-state))))))
 
 (defun zero-pinyin-handle-preedit-char (ch)
-  "handle IM-PREEDITING state char insert. overrides `zero-handle-preedit-char-default'"
+  "hanlde character insert in `*zero-state-im-preediting*' state. overrides `zero-handle-preedit-char-default'"
   (cond
    ((= ch ?\s)
     (zero-pinyin-commit-first-candidate-or-preedit-str))