diff --git a/pretty_c14n.py b/pretty_c14n.py
index f986044980f777001bc723b7d59d4f216a473b6d..d8786c4ce3e0dfc23901b045c79486a5f2482330 100755
--- a/pretty_c14n.py
+++ b/pretty_c14n.py
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 import sys
 from trans import pretty_c14n
 
-def error_and_exit(x):
+def error_exit(x):
     print('ERROR: ', str(x), file=sys.stderr)
     sys.exit(1)
     
 if len(sys.argv) < 3:
-    error_and_exit('too few arguments')
+    error_exit('too few arguments')
 if sys.argv[1] == sys.argv[2]:
-    error_and_exit('"infile" and "outfile" must be different')
+    error_exit('"infile" and "outfile" must be different')
 
 infile = sys.argv[1]
 outfile = sys.argv[2]
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ try:
         with open(outfile, 'w') as f2: 
             err, xml = pretty_c14n(xml)
             if err:
-                error_and_exit(xml)
+                error_exit(xml)
             f2.write(xml)
 except Exception as error:
-    error_and_exit(error)
+    error_exit(error)
     
-print('\nFile »' +  infile + '« was successfully canonized to file »' + \
+print('\nFile »' +  infile + '« was successfully canonicalized to file »' + \
   outfile + '«\n')
 
 sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/trans.py b/trans.py
index d2729add498e0775d528bba1314c07eaef5ca9ee..594fa199b59ebfd227fd2e98f48d839b53896eee 100644
--- a/trans.py
+++ b/trans.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ def cert_to_xml(cert_doc):
         err, xml = pretty_c14n(xml)
         if err:
             xml = '<error>' + xml + '</error>\n' 
-            
     except Exception as error:
         xml = '<error>' + str(error) + '</error>\n'