diff --git a/examples/COUPLE/python/example.py b/examples/COUPLE/python/example.py
index ea268fe1ca..5ddb9fb587 100644
--- a/examples/COUPLE/python/example.py
+++ b/examples/COUPLE/python/example.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# this example requires the LAMMPS Python package (lammps.py) to be installed
+# this example requires the LAMMPS Python package (python/lammps) to be installed
 # and LAMMPS to be loadable as shared library in LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 import lammps
diff --git a/python/lammps/core.py b/python/lammps/core.py
index 009409f48d..161583b78c 100644
--- a/python/lammps/core.py
+++ b/python/lammps/core.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class lammps(object):
     # load liblammps.so unless name is given
     #   if name = "g++", load liblammps_g++.so
     # try loading the LAMMPS shared object from the location
-    #   of lammps.py with an absolute path,
+    #   of the lammps package with an absolute path,
     #   so that LD_LIBRARY_PATH does not need to be set for regular install
     # fall back to loading with a relative path,
     #   typically requires LD_LIBRARY_PATH to be set appropriately
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class lammps(object):
         narg = 0
         cargs = None
         if cmdargs:
-          cmdargs.insert(0,"lammps.py")
+          cmdargs.insert(0,"lammps")
           narg = len(cmdargs)
           for i in range(narg):
             if type(cmdargs[i]) is str:
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class lammps(object):
           self.comm = self.MPI.COMM_WORLD
         self.opened = 1
         if cmdargs:
-          cmdargs.insert(0,"lammps.py")
+          cmdargs.insert(0,"lammps")
           narg = len(cmdargs)
           for i in range(narg):
             if type(cmdargs[i]) is str:
diff --git a/src/library.h b/src/library.h
index 7806903e49..14be4064ea 100644
--- a/src/library.h
+++ b/src/library.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 /** Data type constants for extracting data from atoms, computes and fixes
  *
- * Must be kept in sync with the equivalent constants in lammps.py */
+ * Must be kept in sync with the equivalent constants in lammps/constants.py */
 
 enum _LMP_DATATYPE_CONST {
   LAMMPS_INT    = 0,       /*!< 32-bit integer (array) */
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ enum _LMP_DATATYPE_CONST {
 
 /** Style constants for extracting data from computes and fixes.
  *
- * Must be kept in sync with the equivalent constants in lammps.py */
+ * Must be kept in sync with the equivalent constants in lammps/constants.py */
 
 enum _LMP_STYLE_CONST {
   LMP_STYLE_GLOBAL=0,           /*!< return global data */
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ enum _LMP_STYLE_CONST {
 
 /** Type and size constants for extracting data from computes and fixes.
  *
- * Must be kept in sync with the equivalent constants in lammps.py */
+ * Must be kept in sync with the equivalent constants in lammps/constants.py */
 
 enum _LMP_TYPE_CONST {
   LMP_TYPE_SCALAR=0,            /*!< return scalar */