diff --git a/lib/mu-contacts.c b/lib/mu-contacts.c
index 9539820f..b39ffbe5 100644
--- a/lib/mu-contacts.c
+++ b/lib/mu-contacts.c
@@ -126,13 +126,15 @@ get_values (GKeyFile *kfile, const gchar *group,
 		if (!*email)
 			break;
 
-		*tstamp = (time_t)g_key_file_get_integer (kfile, group, TSTAMP_KEY, &err);
+		*tstamp = (time_t)g_key_file_get_integer (kfile, group,
+							  TSTAMP_KEY, &err);
 		if (err)
 			break;
-
-		*personal = g_key_file_get_boolean (kfile, group, PERSONAL_KEY, NULL);
+		*personal = g_key_file_get_boolean (kfile, group,
+						    PERSONAL_KEY, NULL);
 		*name = g_key_file_get_value (kfile, group, NAME_KEY, NULL);
 
+
 		return TRUE;
 
 	} while (0);
diff --git a/lib/mu-str.h b/lib/mu-str.h
index 69d92916..f80f793e 100644
--- a/lib/mu-str.h
+++ b/lib/mu-str.h
@@ -345,8 +345,6 @@ gchar* mu_str_guess_nick (const char* name)
 gchar* mu_str_guess_first_name (const char* name)
         G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 
-
-
 /**
  * guess the last name for the given name; clearly,
  * this is just a rough guess for setting an initial value.
@@ -361,8 +359,8 @@ gchar* mu_str_guess_last_name (const char* name)
 
 
 /**
- * take a list of strings, and turn them in into their quoted
- * concatenation
+ * take a list of strings, and return the concatenation of their
+ * quoted forms
  *
  * @param params NULL-terminated array of strings
  *
diff --git a/lib/mu-util.h b/lib/mu-util.h
index b8e2d5f3..1b2d8d22 100644
--- a/lib/mu-util.h
+++ b/lib/mu-util.h
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ gboolean mu_util_is_local_file (const char* path);
  */
 gboolean mu_util_locale_is_utf8 (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 
-
 /**
  * write a string (assumed to be in utf8-format) to a stream,
  * converted to the current locale
@@ -178,7 +177,6 @@ gboolean mu_util_print_encoded (const char *frm, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF(1,2);
 gboolean mu_util_printerr_encoded (const char *frm, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF(1,2);
 
 
-
 /**
  * read a password from stdin (without echoing), and return it.
  *