diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtils.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtils.java
index d977da4fa6..d803096dd7 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtils.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtils.java
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static String createCountQueryFor(String originalQuery, @Nullable String countPr
 			} else {
 
 				String alias = QueryUtils.detectAlias(originalQuery);
-				if (("*".equals(variable) && alias != null)) {
+				if ("*".equals(variable) && alias != null) {
 					replacement = alias;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/test/resources/application-context.xml b/spring-data-jpa/src/test/resources/application-context.xml
index 3fcd0a6f67..74529a5212 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/test/resources/application-context.xml
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/test/resources/application-context.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 	<!-- Necessary to get the entity manager injected into the factory bean -->
 	<bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor" />
 
-	<!-- Adds transaparent exception translation to the DAOs -->
+	<!-- Adds transparent exception translation to the DAOs -->
 	<bean class="org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor" />
 
 	<bean id="expressionEvaluationContextProvider" class="org.springframework.data.repository.query.ExtensionAwareQueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider" autowire="constructor" />