diff --git a/lisp/doom-profiles.el b/lisp/doom-profiles.el
index f60531174..668eccb24 100644
--- a/lisp/doom-profiles.el
+++ b/lisp/doom-profiles.el
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ Defaults to the profile at `doom-profile-default'."
                     ";; This file was autogenerated; do not edit it by hand!\n")
             ;; Doom needs to be synced/rebuilt if either Doom or Emacs has been
             ;; up/downgraded. This is because byte-code isn't backwards
-            ;; compatible, and many packages (including Doom), make in absolute
+            ;; compatible, and many packages (including Doom), bake in absolute
             ;; paths into their caches that need to be refreshed.
             (prin1 `(unless (equal doom-version ,doom-version)
                       (error ,(concat
diff --git a/lisp/doom.el b/lisp/doom.el
index d6812e6f2..5f9835224 100644
--- a/lisp/doom.el
+++ b/lisp/doom.el
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
 ;; Doom needs to be synced/rebuilt if either Doom or Emacs has been
 ;; up/downgraded. This is because byte-code isn't backwards compatible, and many
-;; packages (including Doom), make in absolute paths into their caches that need
+;; packages (including Doom), bake in absolute paths into their caches that need
 ;; to be refreshed.
 (let ((old-version (eval-when-compile emacs-version)))
   (unless (equal emacs-version old-version)