diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/splitMeshRegions/splitMeshRegions.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/splitMeshRegions/splitMeshRegions.C
index 14692cac4c..5326981c9b 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/splitMeshRegions/splitMeshRegions.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/splitMeshRegions/splitMeshRegions.C
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
     else if (useCellZonesFile)
     {
-        const word zoneFile = args.option("cellZonesFileOnly");
+        const word zoneFile(args["cellZonesFileOnly"]);
         Info<< "Reading split from cellZones file " << zoneFile << endl
             << "This requires all"
             << " cells to be in one and only one cellZone." << nl << endl;
diff --git a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceLambdaMuSmooth/surfaceLambdaMuSmooth.C b/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceLambdaMuSmooth/surfaceLambdaMuSmooth.C
index e7006475c7..538fb2ccee 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceLambdaMuSmooth/surfaceLambdaMuSmooth.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceLambdaMuSmooth/surfaceLambdaMuSmooth.C
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     if (args.optionFound("featureFile"))
     {
-        const fileName featureFileName(args.option("featureFile"));
+        const fileName featureFileName(args["featureFile"]);
         Info<< "Reading features from " << featureFileName << " ..." << endl;
 
         edgeMesh feMesh(featureFileName);
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argList.H b/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argList.H
index 89ac6c6385..171bdb7ffb 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argList.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argList.H
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ public:
             inline const string& operator[](const label index) const;
 
             //- Return the argument string associated with the named option
-            //  \sa option()
             inline const string& operator[](const word& opt) const;