diff --git a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C
index d913f7bf090e55008addf177978f3434c4074b15..264f141cd201dcdc08b1239ea23f2358291b5be0 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Description
 
     The input from viewFactorsDict are:
 
-        tolGaussQuad              0.1;      // GaussQuad  error
+        GaussQuadTol              0.1;      // GaussQuad  error
         distTol                   8;        // R/Average(rm)
         alpha                     0.22;     // Use for common edges for 2LI
 
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ Description
 
 #include "indirectPrimitivePatch.H"
 #include "DynamicField.H"
-//#include "unitConversion.H"
 
 #include "scalarMatrices.H"
 #include "labelListIOList.H"
@@ -442,8 +441,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     const label debug = viewFactorDict.getOrDefault<label>("debug", 0);
 
-    const scalar tolGaussQuad =
-        viewFactorDict.getOrDefault<scalar>("tolGaussQuad", 0.01);
+    const scalar GaussQuadTol =
+        viewFactorDict.getOrDefault<scalar>("GaussQuadTol", 0.01);
 
     const scalar distTol =
          viewFactorDict.getOrDefault<scalar>("distTol", 8);
@@ -1050,7 +1049,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
                         if
                         (
-                            (mag(err) < tolGaussQuad && gi > 0)
+                            (mag(err) < GaussQuadTol && gi > 0)
                          || gi == maxQuadOrder-1
                         )
                         {
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/radiation/radiationModels/viewFactor/viewFactor.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/radiation/radiationModels/viewFactor/viewFactor.C
index 4d8dfb3c8706c3363f305babb521ea9514d794c9..3c811ef202359b807055c98f1f27f1bf96f79006 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/radiation/radiationModels/viewFactor/viewFactor.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/radiation/radiationModels/viewFactor/viewFactor.C
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ void Foam::radiation::viewFactor::initialise()
         labelList upper(rays_.size(), -1);
         labelList lower(rays_.size(), -1);
 
-        const edgeList& raysLst = rays_.sortedToc();
+        const edgeList raysLst(rays_.sortedToc());
         label rayI = 0;
         for (const auto& e : raysLst)
         {
@@ -441,8 +441,8 @@ void Foam::radiation::viewFactor::initialise()
             totalDelta /= myF.size();
             reduce(totalDelta, sumOp<scalar>());
             reduce(maxDelta, maxOp<scalar>());
-            Info << "Smoothng average delta : " << totalDelta << endl;
-            Info << "Smoothng maximum delta : " << maxDelta << nl << endl;
+            Info << "Smoothing average delta : " << totalDelta << endl;
+            Info << "Smoothing maximum delta : " << maxDelta << nl << endl;
         }
     }
 
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ void Foam::radiation::viewFactor::calculate()
             // Local matrix coefficients
             if (!constEmissivity_ || iterCounter_ == 0)
             {
-                const edgeList& raysLst = rays_.sortedToc();
+                const edgeList raysLst(rays_.sortedToc());
 
                 label rayI = 0;
                 for (const auto& e : raysLst)