diff --git a/doc/trivial_example.c b/doc/trivial_example.c
index 692d2608..7a0fc56a 100644
--- a/doc/trivial_example.c
+++ b/doc/trivial_example.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <opus.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-/*The frame size in hardcoded for this sample code but it doesn't have to be*/
+/*The frame size is hardcoded for this sample code but it doesn't have to be*/
 #define FRAME_SIZE 960
 #define SAMPLE_RATE 48000
 #define CHANNELS 2
diff --git a/src/opus_encoder.c b/src/opus_encoder.c
index 70433d29..d19ed8b9 100644
--- a/src/opus_encoder.c
+++ b/src/opus_encoder.c
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ opus_int32 opus_encode_native(OpusEncoder *st, const opus_val16 *pcm, int frame_
     }
     /* Count ToC and redundancy */
     ret += 1+redundancy_bytes;
-    if (!st->use_vbr && ret >= 3)
+    if (!st->use_vbr)
     {
        if (opus_packet_pad(data, ret, max_data_bytes) != OPUS_OK)