diff --git a/Source/SocketIOClient.swift b/Source/SocketIOClient.swift
index 02cda38..f0f12c0 100644
--- a/Source/SocketIOClient.swift
+++ b/Source/SocketIOClient.swift
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ public final class SocketIOClient : NSObject, SocketEngineClient, SocketParsable
         DefaultSocketLogger.Logger.log("Disconnected: %@", type: logType, args: reason)
 
         status = .Disconnected
-        reconnects = false
 
         // Make sure the engine is actually dead.
         engine?.disconnect(reason)
@@ -205,7 +204,6 @@ public final class SocketIOClient : NSObject, SocketEngineClient, SocketParsable
         
         DefaultSocketLogger.Logger.log("Closing socket", type: logType)
 
-        reconnects = false
         didDisconnect("Disconnect")
     }
 
diff --git a/Source/SocketPacket.swift b/Source/SocketPacket.swift
index 0de5485..2f039c1 100644
--- a/Source/SocketPacket.swift
+++ b/Source/SocketPacket.swift
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ struct SocketPacket {
     
     // Helper method that looks for placeholders
     // If object is a collection it will recurse
-    // Returns the object if it is not a placeholder string or the corresponding
+    // Returns the object if it is not a placeholder or the corresponding
     // binary data
     private func _fillInPlaceholders(object: AnyObject) -> AnyObject {
         switch object {