diff --git a/lib/std/Target.zig b/lib/std/Target.zig
index 98315c4742..f330de01f4 100644
--- a/lib/std/Target.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Target.zig
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ pub fn toElfMachine(target: Target) std.elf.EM {
 
     return switch (target.cpu.arch) {
         .amdgcn => .AMDGPU,
-        .arc => .ARC_COMPACT2,
+        .arc => .ARC_COMPACT,
         .arm, .armeb, .thumb, .thumbeb => .ARM,
         .aarch64, .aarch64_be => .AARCH64,
         .avr => .AVR,
diff --git a/lib/std/start.zig b/lib/std/start.zig
index a8109f7ed9..263fbb8adb 100644
--- a/lib/std/start.zig
+++ b/lib/std/start.zig
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ fn _start() callconv(.Naked) noreturn {
             \\ b %[posixCallMainAndExit]
             ,
             .arc =>
-            // The `arc` tag currently means ARCv2, which has an unusually low stack alignment
-            // requirement. ARCv3 increases it from 4 to 16, but we don't support ARCv3 yet.
+            // The `arc` tag currently means ARC v1 and v2, which have an unusually low stack
+            // alignment requirement. ARC v3 increases it from 4 to 16, but we don't support v3 yet.
             \\ mov fp, 0
             \\ mov blink, 0
             \\ mov r0, sp