diff --git a/chai.js b/chai.js
index a839593..03f5174 100644
--- a/chai.js
+++ b/chai.js
@@ -8397,7 +8397,7 @@ function formatValue(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
 
   var name, nameSuffix;
 
-  // Some type of object without properties can be shortcutted.
+  // Some type of object without properties can be shortcut.
   // In IE, errors have a single `stack` property, or if they are vanilla `Error`,
   // a `stack` plus `description` property; ignore those for consistency.
   if (keys.length === 0 || (isError(value) && (
diff --git a/lib/chai/utils/inspect.js b/lib/chai/utils/inspect.js
index 205c52d..b054aeb 100644
--- a/lib/chai/utils/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/chai/utils/inspect.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function formatValue(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
 
   var name, nameSuffix;
 
-  // Some type of object without properties can be shortcutted.
+  // Some type of object without properties can be shortcut.
   // In IE, errors have a single `stack` property, or if they are vanilla `Error`,
   // a `stack` plus `description` property; ignore those for consistency.
   if (keys.length === 0 || (isError(value) && (