diff --git a/piker/brokers/kraken.py b/piker/brokers/kraken.py
index cbfa3cbc..61658669 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/kraken.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/kraken.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ async def stream_quotes(
             volume: float  # Accumulated volume within interval
             count: int  # Number of trades within interval
 
-            # XXX: ugh, super hideous.. why doesn't
+            # XXX: ugh, super hideous.. needs built-in converters.
             def __post_init__(self):
                 for field, val in self.__dataclass_fields__.items():
                     setattr(self, field, val.type(getattr(self, field)))
diff --git a/piker/brokers/questrade.py b/piker/brokers/questrade.py
index de0d1e7a..58b31fcf 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/questrade.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/questrade.py
@@ -1164,10 +1164,10 @@ async def stream_quotes(
             packetizer=partial(
                 packetizer,
                 formatter=formatter,
-                symboal_data=sd,
+                symbol_data=sd,
             ),
 
-            # actual func args
+            # actual target "streaming func" args
             get_quotes=get_quotes,
             diff_cached=diff_cached,
             rate=rate,