diff --git a/include/boost/re_detail/regex_config.hpp b/include/boost/re_detail/regex_config.hpp
index 616f6174..507e0cfc 100644
--- a/include/boost/re_detail/regex_config.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/re_detail/regex_config.hpp
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ Do not change this file unless you really really have to, add options to
    //
    // for now we'll always define these
    // unless we know that the platform can cope
-   // with woide character strings:
-   #if !defined(linux)
+   // with wide character strings:
+   #if !defined(linux) 
    	#define BOOST_RE_NO_WCTYPE_H
    	#define BOOST_RE_NO_WCSTRING
    #endif
diff --git a/include/boost/regex.hpp b/include/boost/regex.hpp
index 092b4e8b..379024c0 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex.hpp
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ class match_results_base
 public:
    typedef Allocator                                                 alloc_type;
    typedef BOOST_RE_MAYBE_TYPENAME REBIND_TYPE(iterator, Allocator)  iterator_alloc;
-   typedef iterator_alloc::size_type                                 size_type;
+   typedef typename iterator_alloc::size_type                        size_type;
 #ifndef BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION
    typedef typename std::iterator_traits<iterator>::difference_type  difference_type;
    typedef typename std::iterator_traits<iterator>::value_type       char_type;