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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/ht.erl b/src/ht.erl
index a72b9ac..0badb19 100644
--- a/src/ht.erl
+++ b/src/ht.erl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -record(inner, {child0 :: #leaf{} | #inner{},   % left child
                 child1 :: #leaf{} | #inner{},   % right child
                 hash :: binary()}).        % hash of children's hashes
--record(head, {version :: non_neg_integer(),    % number of leafs
+-record(head, {version :: non_neg_integer(),    % number of leaves
                tree :: tree()}).                % the tree
 
 -type head() :: #head{}.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ tree_hash(#head{tree=T}) ->
         #leaf{hash=H} -> H
     end.
 
-%% @doc Return the size of a tree.
+%% @doc Return the size of a tree, i.e. its number of leaves.
 -spec size(head()) -> non_neg_integer().
 size(Head) ->
     tree_version(Head).
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ size(Head) ->
 %% the right sibling of that place. To find the right place, let d be
 %% the depth of the tree, then go down the tree on the right hand side
 %% to level l, where l is the position of the first set bit in d,
-%% looking at d from the least significant bit. l=0 is where the leafs
+%% looking at d from the least significant bit. l=0 is where the leaves
 %% are and l=d-1 is the root.
 %%
 %% The depth of the tree is found by walking down the right path. It
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ consistency_proof(Head, N) ->
 
 %% @doc Return version number of a tree.
 %%
-%% The version number is the number of leafs in tree. Note that this
+%% The version number is the number of leaves in tree. Note that this
 %% is set off by one (higher) compared to the history tree version as
 %% explained by Crosby and Wallach.
 -spec tree_version(head()) -> non_neg_integer().
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ consistency_proof_test_() ->
 %% @doc Calculate a Merkle Tree Hash from an ordered list as specified
 %% in RFC 6962.
 %%
-%% K, the split point, is the number of leafs comprising the largest
+%% K, the split point, is the number of leaves comprising the largest
 %% possible full tree. 
 %%
 %% The way we calculate K is to let N be the number of entries, find
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ tv_bitcount(8589934591) -> [32, 0];
 tv_bitcount(8589934592) -> [33, 33];
 tv_bitcount(18446744073709551616) -> [64, 64].
 
-%% @doc Return the Merkle Tree Head for the leafs in L. Implements
+%% @doc Return the Merkle Tree Head for the leaves in L. Implements
 %% the algorithm in section 2.1 of RFC 6962. Used for testing.
 -spec mth(list()) -> binary().
 mth([]) ->