diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argList.C b/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argList.C
index f7c622e746b4d68748bd08f7228def6815957556..4dc95f9c1f6b59456120a00e661a8a7659683394 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argList.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argList.C
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ Foam::argList::initValidTables::initValidTables()
     argList::addOption
     (
         "hostRoots",
-        "(((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN))",
-        "slave root directories (per host) for distributed running. "
-        "The host specification can use a regex.",
+        "((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN))",
+        "Per-host slave root directories for distributed running."
+        " The host specification can be a regex.",
         true  // advanced option
     );
     validParOptions.set
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/thermophysicalProperties/liquidProperties/liquidProperties/liquidProperties.H b/src/thermophysicalModels/thermophysicalProperties/liquidProperties/liquidProperties/liquidProperties.H
index 93eeb510984683da7e5b3ff65773e86924746c6d..f2bdbbf01da7eb9e539604311306a471031f5f67 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/thermophysicalProperties/liquidProperties/liquidProperties/liquidProperties.H
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/thermophysicalProperties/liquidProperties/liquidProperties/liquidProperties.H
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ public:
         inline void readIfPresent(Liquid& l, const dictionary& dict);
 
         //- Write the function coefficients
-        virtual void writeData(Ostream& os) const = 0;;
+        virtual void writeData(Ostream& os) const = 0;
 
         //- Write the data for each of the property functions
         template<class Liquid>
diff --git a/src/waveModels/waveModel/waveModel.C b/src/waveModels/waveModel/waveModel.C
index 1082047c35f1d6068faafcb90c0f83a7498dfb39..0d2871acd0fceba84263c2adc72031a2ec954272 100644
--- a/src/waveModels/waveModel/waveModel.C
+++ b/src/waveModels/waveModel/waveModel.C
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void Foam::waveModel::initialiseGeometry()
     for (label paddlei = 0; paddlei < nPaddle_; ++paddlei)
     {
         xPaddle_[paddlei] = xMid;
-        yPaddle_[paddlei] = paddlei*paddleDy + yMin + 0.5*paddleDy;;
+        yPaddle_[paddlei] = paddlei*paddleDy + yMin + 0.5*paddleDy;
     }
 
     // Local face centres