diff --git a/test/t8_cmesh/t8_gtest_hypercube.cxx b/test/t8_cmesh/t8_gtest_hypercube.cxx
index 7062cad8cc..2228263236 100644
--- a/test/t8_cmesh/t8_gtest_hypercube.cxx
+++ b/test/t8_cmesh/t8_gtest_hypercube.cxx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ TEST_P (cmesh_hypercube_trees, check_cmesh_and_its_trees)
   ASSERT_EQ (t8_cmesh_get_dimension (cmesh), t8_eclass_to_dimension[eclass]) << "Wrong dimension set for cmesh.";
 }
 
-/* Use the testing range for eclass with [T8_ECLASS_ZERO, T8_ECLASS_COUNT]. For the generation of the cmesh with or withaout broadcast
+/* Use the testing range for eclass with [T8_ECLASS_ZERO, T8_ECLASS_COUNT]. For the generation of the cmesh with or without broadcast
  * the booleans 0 and 1 are used. Analogue with partition. */
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P (t8_gtest_hypercube, cmesh_hypercube_trees,
                           testing::Combine (AllEclasses, testing::Values (0, 1), testing::Values (0, 1)));
diff --git a/test/t8_forest/t8_gtest_element_volume.cxx b/test/t8_forest/t8_gtest_element_volume.cxx
index 5edc73ea33..a44c990fe1 100644
--- a/test/t8_forest/t8_gtest_element_volume.cxx
+++ b/test/t8_forest/t8_gtest_element_volume.cxx
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 /**
  * This file tests the volume-computation of elements.
  */
-#define epsilon 1e-9
 
 /* Construct a forest of a hypercube with volume 1. If the element are refined uniformly
  * all elements have volume 1/global_num_elements. */
@@ -109,10 +108,10 @@ TEST_P (t8_forest_volume, volume_check)
       const double volume = t8_forest_element_volume (forest, itree, element);
       if (eclass == T8_ECLASS_PYRAMID) {
         const double shape_volume = pyramid_control_volume ((t8_dpyramid_t *) element);
-        EXPECT_NEAR (volume, shape_volume, epsilon);
+        EXPECT_NEAR (volume, shape_volume, T8_PRECISION_SQRT_EPS);
       }
       else {
-        EXPECT_NEAR (volume, control_volume, epsilon);
+        EXPECT_NEAR (volume, control_volume, T8_PRECISION_SQRT_EPS);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/t8_forest/t8_gtest_forest_commit.cxx b/test/t8_forest/t8_gtest_forest_commit.cxx
index 0fb6be0b67..3ab727f497 100644
--- a/test/t8_forest/t8_gtest_forest_commit.cxx
+++ b/test/t8_forest/t8_gtest_forest_commit.cxx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "test/t8_cmesh_generator/t8_cmesh_example_sets.hxx"
 #include <test/t8_gtest_macros.hxx>
 
-/* In this test, we adapt, balance and partition a uniform forest.
+/* In this test we adapt, balance and partition a uniform forest.
  * We do this in two ways:
  * 1st  All operations are performed in one single call to t8_forest_commit
  * 2nd  Each intermediate step is performed in a separate commit