diff --git a/src/OpaqueVal.cc b/src/OpaqueVal.cc
index 3886c61401..71f876e073 100644
--- a/src/OpaqueVal.cc
+++ b/src/OpaqueVal.cc
@@ -722,14 +722,6 @@ BloomFilterValPtr BloomFilterVal::Intersect(const BloomFilterVal* x, const Bloom
 		return nullptr;
 		}
 
-	auto final_type = x->Type() ? x->Type() : y->Type();
-
-	if ( typeid(*x->bloom_filter) != typeid(*y->bloom_filter) )
-		{
-		reporter->Error("cannot merge different Bloom filter types");
-		return nullptr;
-		}
-
 	if ( typeid(*x->bloom_filter) != typeid(*y->bloom_filter) )
 		{
 		reporter->Error("cannot intersect different Bloom filter types");
@@ -744,6 +736,8 @@ BloomFilterValPtr BloomFilterVal::Intersect(const BloomFilterVal* x, const Bloom
 		return nullptr;
 		}
 
+	auto final_type = x->Type() ? x->Type() : y->Type();
+
 	auto intersected = make_intrusive<BloomFilterVal>(intersected_bf);
 
 	if ( final_type && ! intersected->Typify(final_type) )
diff --git a/src/probabilistic/bloom-filter.bif b/src/probabilistic/bloom-filter.bif
index bed51c3ac7..aa83d30600 100644
--- a/src/probabilistic/bloom-filter.bif
+++ b/src/probabilistic/bloom-filter.bif
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ function bloomfilter_add%(bf: opaque of bloomfilter, x: any%): any
 
 ## Decrements the counter for an element that was added to a counting bloom filter in the past.
 ##
-## Note that decrement operations can use to false negatives if used on a counting bloom-filter
+## Note that decrement operations can lead to false negatives if used on a counting bloom-filter
 ## that exceeded the width of its counter.
 ##
 ## bf: The coubting bloom filter handle.