diff --git a/doc/src/fix_deform.rst b/doc/src/fix_deform.rst
index 84670b37a8..ee010f5645 100644
--- a/doc/src/fix_deform.rst
+++ b/doc/src/fix_deform.rst
@@ -597,4 +597,4 @@ Related commands
 Default
 """""""
 
-The option defaults are remap = x, flip = yes, units = lattice
+The option defaults are remap = x, flip = yes, and units = lattice.
diff --git a/src/EXTRA-FIX/fix_deform_pressure.cpp b/src/EXTRA-FIX/fix_deform_pressure.cpp
index 666ca5f2af..c76550b40f 100644
--- a/src/EXTRA-FIX/fix_deform_pressure.cpp
+++ b/src/EXTRA-FIX/fix_deform_pressure.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    LAMMPS - Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator
    https://www.lammps.org/, Sandia National Laboratories
-   Steve Plimpton, sjplimp@sandia.gov
+   LAMMPS development team: developers@lammps.org
 
    Copyright (2003) Sandia Corporation.  Under the terms of Contract
    DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation, the U.S. Government retains
diff --git a/src/EXTRA-FIX/fix_deform_pressure.h b/src/EXTRA-FIX/fix_deform_pressure.h
index d3a05d949d..7e4ad6e35a 100644
--- a/src/EXTRA-FIX/fix_deform_pressure.h
+++ b/src/EXTRA-FIX/fix_deform_pressure.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* -*- c++ -*- ----------------------------------------------------------
    LAMMPS - Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator
    https://www.lammps.org/, Sandia National Laboratories
-   Steve Plimpton, sjplimp@sandia.gov
+   LAMMPS development team: developers@lammps.org
 
    Copyright (2003) Sandia Corporation.  Under the terms of Contract
    DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation, the U.S. Government retains
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class FixDeformPressure : public FixDeform {
 
  protected:
   int pcouple, dimension;
-  double *h_rate, *h_ratelo, max_h_rate;
+  double max_h_rate;
   int strain_flag;               // 1 if strain-based option is used, 0 if not
   int pressure_flag;             // 1 if pressure tensor used, 0 if not
   int volume_flag;               // 1 if VOLUME option is used, 0 if not
diff --git a/src/fix_deform.cpp b/src/fix_deform.cpp
index d78e28ef2f..cf45a12f5d 100644
--- a/src/fix_deform.cpp
+++ b/src/fix_deform.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   Contributing author: Pieter in 't Veld (SNL), Joel Clemmer (SNL)
+   Contributing author: Pieter in 't Veld (SNL)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #include "fix_deform.h"
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ void FixDeform::apply_deformation()
       if (mask[i] & groupbit)
         domain->x2lamda(x[i], x[i]);
 
-    for (auto ifix : rfix)
+    for (auto &ifix : rfix)
       ifix->deform(0);
   }
 
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ void FixDeform::apply_deformation()
       if (mask[i] & groupbit)
         domain->lamda2x(x[i], x[i]);
 
-    for (auto ifix : rfix)
+    for (auto &ifix : rfix)
       ifix->deform(1);
   }
 }