diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c37e14fb96a4771a93b7a3be17258200b50b05d..a1335759971411fa62f8167e6231828eaad5f2d0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1267,10 +1267,10 @@ if(ENABLE_WRAP_PYTHON)
     include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
     set(CMAKE_SWIG_FLAGS "")
     set_source_files_properties(Common/gmsh.i PROPERTIES CPLUSPLUS ON)
-    swig_add_module(gmshpython python Common/gmsh.i)
-    swig_link_libraries(gmshpython ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} shared)
+    swig_add_module(gmsh python Common/gmsh.i)
+    swig_link_libraries(gmsh ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} shared)
     if(APPLE)
-      set_target_properties("_gmshpython" PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS
+      set_target_properties("_gmsh" PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS
                             "-undefined suppress -flat_namespace")
     endif(APPLE)
     # internal developer API bindings
diff --git a/Common/gmsh.h b/Common/gmsh.h
index bd3c3c0430d78c0f4563fa8519eba25f707db4fe..ece85a799e6ed62d50d784853da9bf98da63b86c 100644
--- a/Common/gmsh.h
+++ b/Common/gmsh.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 // from the standard library. This design should not and will not change.
 
 // All functions return 0 as the first entry of the returned vector on
-// successful completion. Additional integer results can be appends to this
+// successful completion. Additional integer results can be appended to this
 // returned value, depending on context.
 
 #include <cmath>