diff --git a/vortex-array/src/array/constant/canonical.rs b/vortex-array/src/array/constant/canonical.rs
index a6a6bb6a43..867341871c 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/array/constant/canonical.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/array/constant/canonical.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::iter;
 
-use vortex_dtype::{match_each_native_ptype, Nullability, PType};
+use vortex_dtype::{match_each_native_ptype, DType, Nullability, PType};
 use vortex_error::{vortex_bail, VortexResult};
 use vortex_scalar::{BoolScalar, Utf8Scalar};
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl IntoCanonical for ConstantArray {
 
             return Ok(Canonical::VarBin(VarBinArray::from_iter(
                 iter::repeat(Some(bytes)).take(self.len()),
-                vortex_dtype::DType::Utf8(validity.nullability()),
+                DType::Utf8(validity.nullability()),
             )));
         }
 
diff --git a/vortex-datafusion/src/eval.rs b/vortex-datafusion/src/eval.rs
index cea8905866..5d270bebed 100644
--- a/vortex-datafusion/src/eval.rs
+++ b/vortex-datafusion/src/eval.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ fn eval_eq_impl(input: &StructArray, lhs: &Expr, rhs: &Expr) -> VortexResult<Arr
                 Ok(BoolArray::from_vec(vec![false; input.len()], Validity::AllValid).into_array())
             }
         }
-        _ => vortex_bail!("Unsupported expression combination for eq. ({lhs:?}) with ({rhs:?})."),
+        _ => vortex_bail!(
+            "Unsupported expression combination for operation 'eq', ({lhs:?} with {rhs:?})"
+        ),
     }
 }