diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index f5f131951a..1f0877cc6d 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ func MakeDataDir(ctx *cli.Context) string {
 
 // setNodeKey creates a node key from set command line flags, either loading it
 // from a file or as a specified hex value. If neither flags were provided, this
-// method returns nil and an emphemeral key is to be generated.
+// method returns nil and an ephemeral key is to be generated.
 func setNodeKey(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
 	var (
 		hex  = ctx.String(NodeKeyHexFlag.Name)
@@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ func DialRPCWithHeaders(endpoint string, headers []string) (*rpc.Client, error)
 	}
 	var opts []rpc.ClientOption
 	if len(headers) > 0 {
-		var customHeaders = make(http.Header)
+		customHeaders := make(http.Header)
 		for _, h := range headers {
 			kv := strings.Split(h, ":")
 			if len(kv) != 2 {