diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 134338243..29504e468 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ def __setHTTPUserAgent():
     logger.debug(debugMsg)
 
     try:
-        fd = open(conf.userAgentsFile)
+        fd = open(conf.userAgentsFile, "r")
     except IOError:
         warnMsg  = "unable to read HTTP User-Agent header "
         warnMsg += "file '%s'" % conf.userAgentsFile
diff --git a/plugins/dbms/mysql.py b/plugins/dbms/mysql.py
index e5b424fd5..77129ebfd 100644
--- a/plugins/dbms/mysql.py
+++ b/plugins/dbms/mysql.py
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class MySQLMap(Fingerprint, Enumeration, Filesystem, Takeover):
                 if not conf.extensiveFp:
                     return True
 
-                # Check which version of MySQL , 5.0.0 it is
+                # Check which version of MySQL < 5.0.0 it is
                 coercibility = inject.getValue("COERCIBILITY(USER())")
 
                 if coercibility == "3":