diff --git a/path.go b/path.go
index a7c10a6..bff2e7a 100644
--- a/path.go
+++ b/path.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (t *table) route(tail []string, descended bool) (tableRoute, error) {
 }
 
 // pathStep is one step of a compiled path, taken at the node the steps before it
-// reached; at indexes the tail segment the step consumes. A step holds no pointer, so a
+// reached; at indexes the tail segment the step consumes. A step holds no node, so a
 // caller's steps stay on its stack.
 type pathStep struct {
 	kind stepKind
diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
index db711ec..c019b27 100644
--- a/todo.md
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ This round, in order:
 - Draw every path through one interpreter over those steps, `drawSteps`, with `descend`
   probing into a stack buffer, deleting `pathDraw`, and replace the decision "The path
   walks are separate loops": the prototype held `perf_test.go` once a step held no
-  pointer, the probe returned its slice and the interpreter took `levels`.
+  node, the probe returned its slice and the interpreter took `levels`.
 - Fold `checkNoOverlap` and `checkNoRepeatedRead` into `heldCheck`, so `compileFormat`
   compiles and nothing more.
 - Fix at compile how `readField` reads an arm, `arm.kind`, deleting its two panics and