diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.h b/gui/mainwindow.h
index e2ce56d12..4b88d26a3 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.h
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.h
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public slots:
     void Save();
 
     /**
-    * @brief Slot to create new project file..
+    * @brief Slot to create new project file
     *
     */
     void NewProjectFile();
diff --git a/gui/showtypes.cpp b/gui/showtypes.cpp
index 71b4e05c0..de06c3450 100644
--- a/gui/showtypes.cpp
+++ b/gui/showtypes.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ bool ShowTypes::isShown(Severity::SeverityType severity) const
     return isShown(ShowTypes::SeverityToShowType(severity));
 }
 
-void ShowTypes::show(ShowTypes::ShowType category, bool show)
+void ShowTypes::show(ShowTypes::ShowType category, bool showing)
 {
-    mVisible[category] = show;
+    mVisible[category] = showing;
 }
diff --git a/gui/showtypes.h b/gui/showtypes.h
index 356600e05..ba24e7073 100644
--- a/gui/showtypes.h
+++ b/gui/showtypes.h
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ public:
     /**
      * @brief Show/hide the showtype.
      * @param category Showtype whose visibility to set.
-     * @return true if the severity is set visible.
+     * @param showing true if the severity is set visible.
      */
-    void show(ShowTypes::ShowType category, bool show);
+    void show(ShowTypes::ShowType category, bool showing);
 
     /**
      * @brief Convert severity string to ShowTypes value
diff --git a/lib/checkautovariables.h b/lib/checkautovariables.h
index 62c76a780..00d253324 100644
--- a/lib/checkautovariables.h
+++ b/lib/checkautovariables.h
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ private:
     /**
      * Returning a temporary object?
      * @param tok pointing at the "return" token
+     * @param startScope indicates the function scope to be checked
      * @return true if a temporary object is returned
      */
-    bool returnTemporary(const Token *tok, const Scope *scope) const;
+    bool returnTemporary(const Token *tok, const Scope *startScope) const;
 
     void errorReturnAddressToAutoVariable(const Token *tok);
     void errorReturnPointerToLocalArray(const Token *tok);
diff --git a/lib/checkstl.h b/lib/checkstl.h
index a55de24ba..28c747450 100644
--- a/lib/checkstl.h
+++ b/lib/checkstl.h
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * Dereferencing an erased iterator
-     * @param tok token where error occurs
+     * @param erased token where the erase occurs
+     * @param deref token where the dereference occurs
      * @param itername iterator name
      */
     void dereferenceErasedError(const Token* erased, const Token* deref, const std::string &itername);
diff --git a/lib/preprocessor.cpp b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
index 66e18c80a..3e134f29f 100644
--- a/lib/preprocessor.cpp
+++ b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
@@ -1805,6 +1805,7 @@ Preprocessor::HeaderTypes Preprocessor::getHeaderFileName(std::string &str)
  * Try to open header
  * @param filename header name (in/out)
  * @param includePaths paths where to look for the file
+ * @param filePath path to the header file
  * @param fin file input stream (in/out)
  * @return if file is opened then true is returned
  */
diff --git a/lib/preprocessor.h b/lib/preprocessor.h
index 029130b4f..33b788a8d 100644
--- a/lib/preprocessor.h
+++ b/lib/preprocessor.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * Get preprocessed code for a given configuration
-     * @param filedata file data including #if, #define, etc
+     * @param filedata file data including preprocessing 'if', 'define', etc
      * @param cfg configuration to read out
      * @param filename name of source file
      * @param validate true => perform validation that empty configuration macros are not used in the code