diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index ffe8355..779cae4 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version 0.7.17
 --------------
 
-- upped read buffer limit to 1000000 bytes.
+- upped read buffer limit to 1,000,000 bytes.
 
 version 0.7.16
 --------------
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ version 0.7.15
 --------------
 
 The following meta variables in your banner file are now replaced in
-addition to $VERSION described in the notes to 0.17.11.  If you type
+addition to $VERSION described in the notes to 0.7.11.  If you type
 getnetworkinfo in your daemon's debug console you will see what they
 are based on:
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ version 0.7.11
 
 - increased MAX_SEND default value to 1 million bytes so as to be able
   to serve large historical transactions of up to ~500K in size.  The
-  MAX_SEND floor remains at 350,000 bytes so you can reduct it if you
+  MAX_SEND floor remains at 350,000 bytes so you can reduce it if you
   wish.  To serve any historical transaction for bitcoin youd should
   set this to around 2,000,100 bytes (one byte becomes 2 ASCII hex chars)
 - issue #46: fix reorgs for coinbase-only blocks.  We would not distinguish
diff --git a/lib/jsonrpc.py b/lib/jsonrpc.py
index 1cdc5fa..6329a83 100644
--- a/lib/jsonrpc.py
+++ b/lib/jsonrpc.py
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ class JSONRPC(asyncio.Protocol, LoggedClass):
     async def json_notification(self, message):
         try:
             method, params = self.method_and_params(message)
-        except RCPError:
+        except self.RPCError:
             pass
         else:
             await self.handle_notification(method, params)
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ class JSONRPC(asyncio.Protocol, LoggedClass):
 
     def raise_unknown_method(self, method):
         '''Respond to a request with an unknown method.'''
-        raise self.RPCError('unknown method: "{}"'.format(method),
+        raise self.RPCError("unknown method: '{}'".format(method),
                             self.METHOD_NOT_FOUND)
 
     # --- derived classes are intended to override these functions