diff --git a/src/eccodes.h b/src/eccodes.h
index 191190c90..4384aa8c6 100644
--- a/src/eccodes.h
+++ b/src/eccodes.h
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ int codes_get_double(codes_handle* h, const char* key, double* value
 *
 * @param h           : the handle to get the data from
 * @param key         : the key to be searched
-* @param i           : zero based index
+* @param i           : zero-based index
 * @param value       : the address of a double where the data will be retrieved
 * @return            0 if OK, integer value on error
 */
@@ -768,22 +768,22 @@ int codes_get_double_element(codes_handle* h, const char* key, int i, double* va
 *
 * @param h           : the handle to get the data from
 * @param key         : the key to be searched
-* @param i           : zero based array of indexes
+* @param i           : zero-based array of indexes
 * @param size        : size of the i and value arrays
-* @param value       : the address of a double where the data will be retrieved
+* @param value       : the double array for the data values
 * @return            0 if OK, integer value on error
 */
-int codes_get_double_elements(codes_handle* h, const char* key, int* i, long size,double* value);
+int codes_get_double_elements(codes_handle* h, const char* key, int* i, long size, double* value);
 
 /**
 *  Get a string value from a key, if several keys of the same name are present, the last one is returned
 * @see  codes_set_string
 *
-* @param h           : the handle to get the data from
-* @param key         : the key to be searched
-* @param mesg       : the address of a string where the data will be retrieved
-* @param length      : the address of a size_t that contains allocated length of the string on input, and that contains the actual length of the string on output
-* @return            0 if OK, integer value on error
+* @param h         : the handle to get the data from
+* @param key       : the key to be searched
+* @param mesg      : the address of a string where the data will be retrieved
+* @param length    : the address of a size_t that contains allocated length of the string on input, and that contains the actual length of the string on output
+* @return          0 if OK, integer value on error
 */
 int codes_get_string(codes_handle* h, const char* key, char* mesg, size_t *length  );
 
diff --git a/src/grib_api.h b/src/grib_api.h
index 19d7f4d3e..84579e17d 100644
--- a/src/grib_api.h
+++ b/src/grib_api.h
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ int grib_get_double       (grib_handle* h, const char* key, double* value);
 *
 * @param h           : the handle to get the data from
 * @param key         : the key to be searched
-* @param i           : zero based index
+* @param i           : zero-based index
 * @param value       : the address of a double where the data will be retrieved
 * @return            0 if OK, integer value on error
 */
@@ -784,12 +784,12 @@ int grib_get_double_element(grib_handle* h, const char* key, int i, double* valu
 *
 * @param h           : the handle to get the data from
 * @param key         : the key to be searched
-* @param i           : zero based array of indexes
+* @param i           : zero-based array of indexes
 * @param size        : size of the i and value arrays
-* @param value       : the address of a double where the data will be retrieved
+* @param value       : the double array for the data values
 * @return            0 if OK, integer value on error
 */
-int grib_get_double_elements(grib_handle* h, const char* key, int* i, long size,double* value);
+int grib_get_double_elements(grib_handle* h, const char* key, int* i, long size, double* value);
 
 /**
 *  Get a string value from a key, if several keys of the same name are present, the last one is returned
diff --git a/src/grib_value.c b/src/grib_value.c
index ff2a8fb9a..1ed1c6189 100644
--- a/src/grib_value.c
+++ b/src/grib_value.c
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ int grib_points_get_values(grib_handle* h, grib_points* points, double* val)
     return 0;
 }
 
-int grib_get_double_elements(grib_handle* h, const char* name, int* i, long len,double* val)
+int grib_get_double_elements(grib_handle* h, const char* name, int* i, long len, double* val)
 {
     double* values=0;
     int ret=0;
@@ -966,7 +966,6 @@ int grib_get_double_elements(grib_handle* h, const char* name, int* i, long len,
     }
 
     values=(double*)grib_context_malloc( h->context,size * sizeof(double));
-
     if (!values) {
         grib_context_log(h->context,GRIB_LOG_ERROR,"grib_get_double_elements: unable to allocate %ld bytes\n",
                 size*sizeof(double));