diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 22c3d4b480f..836d5e7fdac 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         aws-lc = awslc.packages.${system}.aws-lc;
         # TODO: submit a flake PR
         corretto = import nix/amazon-corretto-17.nix { pkgs = pkgs; };
-        # TODO: We have parts of our CI that rely on clang-format-15, but that is only avalible on github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable
+        # TODO: We have parts of our CI that rely on clang-format-15, but that is only available on github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable
         llvmPkgs = pkgs.llvmPackages_14;
         pythonEnv = import ./nix/pyenv.nix { pkgs = pkgs; };
         # Note: we're rebuilding, not importing from nixpkgs for the mkShells.
diff --git a/nix/amazon-corretto-17.nix b/nix/amazon-corretto-17.nix
index 894cf8a50e3..4db9daf41cf 100644
--- a/nix/amazon-corretto-17.nix
+++ b/nix/amazon-corretto-17.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       sha256 = "sha256-DvL/1F1FD7bksodDNNJL+lKBMWOPuYdOihJ/CQxosNU=";
     };
   }.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or (throw
-    "Unsupported system: ${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}");
+    "No build profile setup for this platform: ${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}");
 
   # See: https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf/issues/10
   dontStrip = 1;