diff --git a/src/mnemonics/electrum-words.cpp b/src/mnemonics/electrum-words.cpp
index 9e1cc9ec8..d1fae84cb 100644
--- a/src/mnemonics/electrum-words.cpp
+++ b/src/mnemonics/electrum-words.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ namespace crypto
 
     /*!
      * \brief Gets a list of seed languages that are supported.
-     * \param languages The list of languages gets added to this vector.
+     * \param languages The vector is set to the list of languages.
      */
     void get_language_list(std::vector<std::string> &languages)
     {
diff --git a/src/mnemonics/electrum-words.h b/src/mnemonics/electrum-words.h
index ffe2fdefb..c10e216e8 100644
--- a/src/mnemonics/electrum-words.h
+++ b/src/mnemonics/electrum-words.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace crypto
 
     /*!
      * \brief Gets a list of seed languages that are supported.
-     * \param languages The list of languages gets added to this vector.
+     * \param languages The vector is set to the list of languages.
      */
     void get_language_list(std::vector<std::string> &languages);
 
diff --git a/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp b/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
index ee2b1346f..7a47dead0 100644
--- a/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
+++ b/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
@@ -511,15 +511,15 @@ bool simple_wallet::new_wallet(const string &wallet_file, const std::string& pas
   // convert rng value to electrum-style word list
   std::string electrum_words;
 
-  bool is_deprecated_wallet = m_restore_deterministic_wallet && 
+  bool was_deprecated_wallet = m_restore_deterministic_wallet && 
     (crypto::ElectrumWords::get_is_old_style_word_list() ||
     crypto::ElectrumWords::get_is_old_style_seed(m_electrum_seed));
 
   // Ask for seed language if it is not a wallet restore or if it was a deprecated wallet
   // that was earlier used before this restore.
-  if (!m_restore_deterministic_wallet || is_deprecated_wallet)
+  if (!m_restore_deterministic_wallet || was_deprecated_wallet)
   {
-    if (is_deprecated_wallet)
+    if (was_deprecated_wallet)
     {
       // The user had used an older version of the wallet with old style mnemonics.
       message_writer(epee::log_space::console_color_green, false) << "\nYou had been using " <<