diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/primitiveShapes/plane/plane.C b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/primitiveShapes/plane/plane.C
index 7768a42eb284e9ef347352254d297b48c9e754de..d0364e12dbe13d3ff8685a1c6e91ebe004e6003e 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/primitiveShapes/plane/plane.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/primitiveShapes/plane/plane.C
@@ -201,14 +201,14 @@ Foam::plane::plane(const dictionary& dict)
         const dictionary& subDict = dict.subDict("pointAndNormalDict");
 
         point_ =
-            subDict.found("point")
-          ? subDict.lookup("point")
-          : subDict.lookup("basePoint");
+            subDict.found("basePoint")
+          ? subDict.lookup("basePoint")
+          : subDict.lookup("point");
 
         normal_ =
-            subDict.found("normal")
-          ? subDict.lookup("normal")
-          : subDict.lookup("normalVector");
+            subDict.found("normalVector")
+          ? subDict.lookup("normalVector")
+          : subDict.lookup("normal");
 
         normal_ /= mag(normal_);
     }
diff --git a/src/sampling/cuttingPlane/cuttingPlane.H b/src/sampling/cuttingPlane/cuttingPlane.H
index 44097254e48f6ee401f68cb063d9d5d3f9581b10..c6c3669ebd37c94d738e609268ef84845066d7c8 100644
--- a/src/sampling/cuttingPlane/cuttingPlane.H
+++ b/src/sampling/cuttingPlane/cuttingPlane.H
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ protected:
         //- Construct plane description without cutting
         cuttingPlane(const plane&);
 
+
     // Protected Member Functions
 
         //- Recut mesh with existing planeDesc, restricted to a list of cells
diff --git a/src/sampling/sampledSurface/sampledPlane/sampledPlane.C b/src/sampling/sampledSurface/sampledPlane/sampledPlane.C
index c698bb8a26e87ba1fe125242318f0a4279c87031..135338d1fad82c67ec3a453ec823c06b17ad29ad 100644
--- a/src/sampling/sampledSurface/sampledPlane/sampledPlane.C
+++ b/src/sampling/sampledSurface/sampledPlane/sampledPlane.C
@@ -71,24 +71,12 @@ Foam::sampledPlane::sampledPlane
 )
 :
     sampledSurface(name, mesh, dict),
-    cuttingPlane
-    (
-        plane
-        (
-            dict.found("point")
-          ? dict.lookup("point")
-          : dict.lookup("basePoint"),
-
-            dict.found("normal")
-          ? dict.lookup("normal")
-          : dict.lookup("normalVector")
-        )
-    ),
+    cuttingPlane(plane(dict)),
     zoneKey_(keyType::null),
     triangulate_(dict.lookupOrDefault("triangulate", true)),
     needsUpdate_(true)
 {
-    // make plane relative to the coordinateSystem (Cartesian)
+    // Make plane relative to the coordinateSystem (Cartesian)
     // allow lookup from global coordinate systems
     if (dict.found("coordinateSystem"))
     {
@@ -97,7 +85,7 @@ Foam::sampledPlane::sampledPlane
         point  base = cs.globalPosition(planeDesc().refPoint());
         vector norm = cs.globalVector(planeDesc().normal());
 
-        // assign the plane description
+        // Assign the plane description
         static_cast<plane&>(*this) = plane(base, norm);
     }
 
@@ -127,7 +115,7 @@ bool Foam::sampledPlane::needsUpdate() const
 
 bool Foam::sampledPlane::expire()
 {
-    // already marked as expired
+    // Already marked as expired
     if (needsUpdate_)
     {
         return false;