diff --git a/api/README.md b/api/README.md
index 0932c5b26c..5318814786 100644
--- a/api/README.md
+++ b/api/README.md
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ Chages ownership of link at `path` with `uid` and `gid.
 
 ## [`link(src, dest, )`](https://github.com/socketsupply/socket/blob/master/api/fs/index.js#L368)
 
-Creates a link to `dest` from `dest`.
+Creates a link to `dest` from `src`.
 
 | Argument | Type | Default | Optional | Description |
 | :---     | :--- | :---:   | :---:    | :---        |
diff --git a/api/fs/dir.js b/api/fs/dir.js
index f1193ee14e..551dc1674a 100644
--- a/api/fs/dir.js
+++ b/api/fs/dir.js
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ export class Dir {
   }
 
   /**
-   * `true` if closeing, otherwise `false`.
+   * `true` if closing, otherwise `false`.
    * @ignore
    * @type {boolean}
    */
   get closing () {
-    return Boolean(this.handle?.closig)
+    return Boolean(this.handle?.closing)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/api/fs/index.js b/api/fs/index.js
index 1b13910118..8f7dab12e2 100644
--- a/api/fs/index.js
+++ b/api/fs/index.js
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ export function lchown (path, uid, gid, callback) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Creates a link to `dest` from `dest`.
+ * Creates a link to `dest` from `src`.
  * @param {string} src
  * @param {string} dest
  * @param {function}
diff --git a/api/fs/watcher.js b/api/fs/watcher.js
index 120d675083..502e71baf4 100644
--- a/api/fs/watcher.js
+++ b/api/fs/watcher.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { EventEmitter } from '../events.js'
+import { FileHandle } from './handle.js'
 import { AbortError } from '../errors.js'
 import { rand64 } from '../crypto.js'
 import { Buffer } from '../buffer.js'
@@ -32,6 +33,13 @@ function encodeFilename (watcher, filename) {
  * @return {Promise}
  */
 async function start (watcher) {
+  // throws if not accessible
+  await FileHandle.access(watcher.path)
+
+  if (!watcher.id || typeof watcher.id !== 'string') {
+    throw new TypeError('Expectig fs.Watcher to have a id.')
+  }
+
   const result = await ipc.send('fs.watch', {
     path: watcher.path,
     id: watcher.id
diff --git a/api/index.d.ts b/api/index.d.ts
index 3b2ef83396..2a2a197833 100644
--- a/api/index.d.ts
+++ b/api/index.d.ts
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ declare module "socket:fs/dir" {
          */
         get closed(): boolean;
         /**
-         * `true` if closeing, otherwise `false`.
+         * `true` if closing, otherwise `false`.
          * @ignore
          * @type {boolean}
          */
@@ -2955,7 +2955,7 @@ declare module "socket:fs/index" {
      */
     export function lchown(path: string, uid: number, gid: number, callback: Function): void;
     /**
-     * Creates a link to `dest` from `dest`.
+     * Creates a link to `dest` from `src`.
      * @param {string} src
      * @param {string} dest
      * @param {function}