diff --git a/tty.go b/tty.go
index 7dacc1d1..95d82c8b 100644
--- a/tty.go
+++ b/tty.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func newTty(create bool, p *libcontainer.Process, rootuid int) (*tty, error) {
 	return createStdioPipes(p)
 }
 
-// setup standard pipes so that the TTY of the calling nsinit process
+// setup standard pipes so that the TTY of the calling runc process
 // is not inherited by the container.
 func createStdioPipes(p *libcontainer.Process) (*tty, error) {
 	t := &tty{}
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 9ec826b3..0ce699b2 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func fatalf(t string, v ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 // getDefaultID returns a string to be used as the container id based on the
-// current working directory of the nsinit process.  This function panics
+// current working directory of the runc process.  This function panics
 // if the cwd is unable to be found based on a system error.
 func getDefaultID() string {
 	cwd, err := os.Getwd()