diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index ea70e3826c4eed6c7d48ddb0c2663320de923cf6..e07d5efc9a8e730873758f26209ca78266f34107 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -215,14 +215,14 @@ func CreateConsensusEngine(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *ethash.Config, chai
 		return clique.New(chainConfig.Clique, db)
 	}
 	// Otherwise assume proof-of-work
-	switch {
-	case config.PowMode == ethash.ModeFake:
+	switch config.PowMode {
+	case ethash.ModeFake:
 		log.Warn("Ethash used in fake mode")
 		return ethash.NewFaker()
-	case config.PowMode == ethash.ModeTest:
+	case ethash.ModeTest:
 		log.Warn("Ethash used in test mode")
 		return ethash.NewTester()
-	case config.PowMode == ethash.ModeShared:
+	case ethash.ModeShared:
 		log.Warn("Ethash used in shared mode")
 		return ethash.NewShared()
 	default:
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func CreateConsensusEngine(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *ethash.Config, chai
 	}
 }
 
-// APIs returns the collection of RPC services the ethereum package offers.
+// APIs return the collection of RPC services the ethereum package offers.
 // NOTE, some of these services probably need to be moved to somewhere else.
 func (s *Ethereum) APIs() []rpc.API {
 	apis := ethapi.GetAPIs(s.APIBackend)
diff --git a/node/doc.go b/node/doc.go
index d9688e0a12cbc6c14af5513f0c2394b73a186152..41a88c19a1baf11dfe4b7e4a940d46165b28bfa3 100644
--- a/node/doc.go
+++ b/node/doc.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ using the same data directory will store this information in different subdirect
 the data directory.
 
 LevelDB databases are also stored within the instance subdirectory. If multiple node
-instances use the same data directory, openening the databases with identical names will
+instances use the same data directory, opening the databases with identical names will
 create one database for each instance.
 
 The account key store is shared among all node instances using the same data directory
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ directory. Mode instance A opens the database "db", node instance B opens the da
             static-nodes.json  -- devp2p static node list of instance B
             db/                -- LevelDB content for "db"
             db-2/              -- LevelDB content for "db-2"
-        B.ipc                  -- JSON-RPC UNIX domain socket endpoint of instance A
+        B.ipc                  -- JSON-RPC UNIX domain socket endpoint of instance B
         keystore/              -- account key store, used by both instances
 */
 package node
diff --git a/trie/trie.go b/trie/trie.go
index 31a404e3a08f84c7c7042df99209b5090e33071e..30543c5496bf98a2d274b4763a5086003770fb18 100644
--- a/trie/trie.go
+++ b/trie/trie.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func New(root common.Hash, db *Database) (*Trie, error) {
 		db:           db,
 		originalRoot: root,
 	}
-	if (root != common.Hash{}) && root != emptyRoot {
+	if root != (common.Hash{}) && root != emptyRoot {
 		rootnode, err := trie.resolveHash(root[:], nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err