diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/globalIndexAndTransform/globalIndexAndTransform.H b/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/globalIndexAndTransform/globalIndexAndTransform.H
index fbc49e1d63..d847b50fa5 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/globalIndexAndTransform/globalIndexAndTransform.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/globalIndexAndTransform/globalIndexAndTransform.H
@@ -160,14 +160,14 @@ public:
         ) const;
 
         //- Encode index and bare index as components on own processor
-        inline labelPair encode
+        inline static labelPair encode
         (
             const label index,
             const label transformIndex
         );
 
         //- Encode index and bare index as components on given processor
-        inline labelPair encode
+        inline static labelPair encode
         (
             const label procI,
             const label index,
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/globalIndexAndTransform/globalIndexAndTransformI.H b/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/globalIndexAndTransform/globalIndexAndTransformI.H
index 4955391af9..81ff5ed755 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/globalIndexAndTransform/globalIndexAndTransformI.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/globalIndexAndTransform/globalIndexAndTransformI.H
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ Foam::label Foam::globalIndexAndTransform::addToTransformIndex
         }
 
 
-        // Re-ecode permutation
-        // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+        // Re-encode permutation
+        // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
         return
             (permutation[2]+1)*9
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ Foam::labelPair Foam::globalIndexAndTransform::encode
 }
 
 
-Foam::label  Foam::globalIndexAndTransform::index
+Foam::label Foam::globalIndexAndTransform::index
 (
     const labelPair& globalIAndTransform
 )