diff --git a/src/dbnode/encoding/encoding_mock.go b/src/dbnode/encoding/encoding_mock.go
index 8323d3bcae..9a83239447 100644
--- a/src/dbnode/encoding/encoding_mock.go
+++ b/src/dbnode/encoding/encoding_mock.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Code generated by MockGen. DO NOT EDIT.
 // Source: github.com/m3db/m3/src/dbnode/encoding/types.go
 
-// Copyright (c) 2018 Uber Technologies, Inc.
+// Copyright (c) 2019 Uber Technologies, Inc.
 //
 // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 // of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -1302,10 +1302,10 @@ func (mr *MockOStreamMockRecorder) Discard() *gomock.Call {
 }
 
 // Rawbytes mocks base method
-func (m *MockOStream) Rawbytes() (checked.Bytes, int) {
+func (m *MockOStream) Rawbytes() ([]byte, int) {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
 	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "Rawbytes")
-	ret0, _ := ret[0].(checked.Bytes)
+	ret0, _ := ret[0].([]byte)
 	ret1, _ := ret[1].(int)
 	return ret0, ret1
 }
diff --git a/src/dbnode/encoding/ostream.go b/src/dbnode/encoding/ostream.go
index f32c088c6f..a518ab3d95 100644
--- a/src/dbnode/encoding/ostream.go
+++ b/src/dbnode/encoding/ostream.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const (
 
 // Ostream encapsulates a writable stream.
 type ostream struct {
-	// We want to use a checked.Bytes when transfering ownership of the buffer
+	// We want to use a checked.Bytes when transferring ownership of the buffer
 	// of the ostream. Unfortunately, the accounting overhead of going through
 	// the checked.Bytes for every write is massive. As a result, we store both
 	// the rawBuffer that backs the checked.Bytes AND the checked.Bytes themselves