diff --git a/tests/unit-mcdc/test_ed448_whitebox_gap.c b/tests/unit-mcdc/test_ed448_whitebox_gap.c
index 2fb45bd0c3..8c58e80429 100644
--- a/tests/unit-mcdc/test_ed448_whitebox_gap.c
+++ b/tests/unit-mcdc/test_ed448_whitebox_gap.c
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@
  * API (every wrapper hard-codes non-NULL, well-formed arguments).
  *
  * Also closes the "key == NULL" operand of the sanity checks in three more
- * HAVE_ED448_VERIFY file-statics: ed448_verify_msg_init_with_sha(),
+ * HAVE_ED448_VERIFY file-static functions: ed448_verify_msg_init_with_sha(),
  * ed448_verify_msg_update_with_sha() and ed448_verify_msg_final_with_sha().
  * wc_ed448_verify_msg_ex() (the non-streaming public entry point) always
  * checks key == NULL itself before calling these, so that combination never
- * reaches the statics from there; the WOLFSSL_ED448_STREAMING_VERIFY
+ * reaches the static functions from there; the WOLFSSL_ED448_STREAMING_VERIFY
  * wc_ed448_verify_msg_init/update/final() wrappers compute `&key->sha` from
  * the caller's key *before* calling the static, so a NULL key can only be
  * driven into the static safely by calling it directly here (each static
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static void wb_ed448_hash(void)
  * (ORed with other arguments) that no public caller can trip: the
  * non-streaming entry point (wc_ed448_verify_msg_ex()) checks key == NULL
  * itself first, and the streaming wrappers dereference key (to take
- * &key->sha) before ever calling these statics. Call the statics directly.
+ * &key->sha) before ever calling these static functions. Call the static functions directly.
  * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 static void wb_ed448_verify_key_null(void)
 {
diff --git a/tests/unit-mcdc/test_wc_xmss_impl_whitebox_gap.c b/tests/unit-mcdc/test_wc_xmss_impl_whitebox_gap.c
index 6dae3d82da..4e780bdbd1 100644
--- a/tests/unit-mcdc/test_wc_xmss_impl_whitebox_gap.c
+++ b/tests/unit-mcdc/test_wc_xmss_impl_whitebox_gap.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *   - internal to file-static BDS bookkeeping helpers that only run deep
  *     inside a multi-thousand-hash keygen/sign cycle.
  *
- * This white-box #includes wc_xmss_impl.c directly so those statics and
+ * This white-box #includes wc_xmss_impl.c directly so those static functions and
  * link-local entry points are in scope, and drives each targeted decision's
  * MC/DC independence pair with hand-built, deliberately tiny XmssParams
  * (small tree heights so full keygen/sign/verify cycles stay cheap) instead