diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index facf5d0d6b7bd4..78e12fac2084c4 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ function afterShutdown(status, handle, req) {
 // if the writable side has ended already, then clean everything
 // up.
 function onSocketEnd() {
-  // XXX Should not have to do as much crap in this function.
+  // XXX Should not have to do as much in this function.
   // ended should already be true, since this is called *after*
   // the EOF errno and onread has eof'ed
   debug('onSocketEnd', this._readableState);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-async-wrap-uncaughtexception.js b/test/parallel/test-async-wrap-uncaughtexception.js
index 9427e2fb787a9b..37557b4aacc341 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-async-wrap-uncaughtexception.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-async-wrap-uncaughtexception.js
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ process.on('uncaughtException', common.mustCall(() => {
 require('crypto').randomBytes(1, common.mustCall(() => {
   assert.strictEqual(call_id, async_hooks.executionAsyncId());
   call_log[1]++;
-  throw new Error('ah crap');
+  throw new Error();
 }));