diff --git a/src/GPU/gpu_extra.h b/src/GPU/gpu_extra.h
index 30faef139d..9fa2d83a12 100644
--- a/src/GPU/gpu_extra.h
+++ b/src/GPU/gpu_extra.h
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@ namespace GPU_EXTRA {
     MPI_Allreduce(&error_flag, &all_success, 1, MPI_INT, MPI_MIN, world);
     if (all_success != 0) {
       if (all_success == -1)
-	error->all("Accelerated style in input script but no fix gpu."); 
+	error->all("Accelerated style in input script but no fix gpu"); 
       else if (all_success == -2)
-	error->all("Could not find/initialize a specified accelerator device.");
+	error->all("Could not find/initialize a specified accelerator device");
       else if (all_success == -3)
-	error->all("Insufficient memory on accelerator.");
+	error->all("Insufficient memory on accelerator");
       else if (all_success == -4)
-	error->all("GPU library not compiled for this accelerator.");
+	error->all("GPU library not compiled for this accelerator");
       else if (all_success == -5)
-	error->all("Double precision is not supported on this accelerator.");
+	error->all("Double precision is not supported on this accelerator");
       else
-	error->all("Unknown error in GPU library.");
+	error->all("Unknown error in GPU library");
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/pointers.h b/src/pointers.h
index 59afc88139..f2f2215b8b 100644
--- a/src/pointers.h
+++ b/src/pointers.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 // every LAMMPS class inherits from Pointers to access lammps.h ptrs
 // these variables are auto-initialized by Pointer class constructor
 // *& variables are really pointers to the pointers in lammps.h
-// & enables them to be accessed directly in any class, e.g. error->all()
+// & enables them to be accessed directly in any class, e.g. atom->x
 
 #ifndef LMP_POINTERS_H
 #define LMP_POINTERS_H