diff --git a/doc/doxygen/Doxylocal b/doc/doxygen/Doxylocal
index a6f2b721c5c371aab502e28da05cba3ce739fc46..fcf6e7271f042d5209912c0f35c924da536bcc38 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/Doxylocal
+++ b/doc/doxygen/Doxylocal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file contains local changes to the doxygen configuration
-# please us '+=' to add file/directories to the lists
+# please use '+=' to add file/directories to the lists
 
 PREDEFINED            += "NEW_PROP_TAG(name)=Property tag name" \
                          "NEW_TYPE_TAG(name)=Type tag name" \
diff --git a/dumux/common/eigenvalues.hh b/dumux/common/eigenvalues.hh
index 674650204914d6792abdbfd41d5aaaa776e11164..4241ac2d932af778b4e5898849022a6a134099d9 100644
--- a/dumux/common/eigenvalues.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/eigenvalues.hh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ double calcOffDiagonalNorm(Matrix& matrix)
 }
 
 /*!
- * \briefFunction to calculate eigenvalues of n x n matrices
+ * \brief Function to calculate eigenvalues of n x n matrices
  *
  * \param eigVel Vector for storing the eigenvalues
  * \param matrix n x n matrices for which eigenvalues have to be calculated
diff --git a/dumux/implicit/adaptive/adaptionhelper.hh b/dumux/implicit/adaptive/adaptionhelper.hh
index 36ddbb7eec79deb3f05c5bb718fdd4b24df7f679..b74bad049be97ae79c023cc9aa2e7bf41f07cc2d 100644
--- a/dumux/implicit/adaptive/adaptionhelper.hh
+++ b/dumux/implicit/adaptive/adaptionhelper.hh
@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ public:
     //! Constructs an adaptive helper object
     /**
      * In addition to providing a storage object for cell-centered Methods, this class provides
-     * mapping functionality to adapt the grid.
+     * mapping functionality to adapt the grid. It uses gridView, a DUNE gridview object corresponding
+     * to diffusion and transport equation
      *
-     *  @param gridView a DUNE gridview object corresponding to diffusion and transport equation
+     *  @param problem The current problem
      */
     ImplicitAdaptionHelper(Problem& problem)
     {}
diff --git a/dumux/io/ploteffectivediffusivitymodel.hh b/dumux/io/ploteffectivediffusivitymodel.hh
index 70073ae5bef2714ce44d1e334ffb21ec3525a5d2..2807bfebcc4df3554a2925bef322d1e001bb4c42 100644
--- a/dumux/io/ploteffectivediffusivitymodel.hh
+++ b/dumux/io/ploteffectivediffusivitymodel.hh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public:
      * \brief Add a effective diffusion factor-saturation data set to the plot
      *
      * \param gnuplot The gnuplot interface
-     * \param params The material law parameters
+     * \param porosity The porosity
      * \param lowerSat Minimum x-value for data set
      * \param upperSat Maximum x-value for data set
      * \param curveName Name of the data set
diff --git a/dumux/io/plotthermalconductivitymodel.hh b/dumux/io/plotthermalconductivitymodel.hh
index db4963bfb1c0e9a713cef05a2d71a1dd0d2b06ec..58f9ae8f76615052fe98051494c2b1d8b624afb8 100644
--- a/dumux/io/plotthermalconductivitymodel.hh
+++ b/dumux/io/plotthermalconductivitymodel.hh
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ public:
      * \brief Add a effective thermal conductivity-saturation curve to the plot
      *
      * \param gnuplot The gnuplot interface
-     * \param params The material law parameters
+     * \param porosity The porosity
+     * \param rhoSolid The solid density
+     * \param lambdaSolid Thermal conductivity of the solid
      * \param lowerSat Minimum x-value for data set
      * \param upperSat Maximum x-value for data set
      * \param curveName Name of the data set
diff --git a/dumux/multidomain/newtoncontroller.hh b/dumux/multidomain/newtoncontroller.hh
index 1fefd9ac3d8ac123b1a4685b9956b7e383bad223..7fa9fa5fab045c6077052d7dfe73c03530b0803b 100644
--- a/dumux/multidomain/newtoncontroller.hh
+++ b/dumux/multidomain/newtoncontroller.hh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public:
                   << std::endl;
     }
 
-    //! \copydoc ParentType::newtonUpdateShift()
+    //! \copydoc NewtonController::newtonUpdateShift()
     void newtonUpdateShift(const SolutionVector &uLastIter,
                            const SolutionVector &deltaU)
     {
diff --git a/dumux/porousmediumflow/2p/implicit/adaptionhelper.hh b/dumux/porousmediumflow/2p/implicit/adaptionhelper.hh
index c69cba7691bfb236c3d741c8db22ec943a543209..5bef853839f3920adf6906d92a0f7f57228616ba 100644
--- a/dumux/porousmediumflow/2p/implicit/adaptionhelper.hh
+++ b/dumux/porousmediumflow/2p/implicit/adaptionhelper.hh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ private:
 public:
     //! Constructs an adaption helper object
     /**
-     *  @param gridView a DUNE gridview object
+     *  @param problem The current problem
      */
     TwoPAdaptionHelper(Problem& problem) : ParentType(problem), adaptionMap_(problem.grid(), 0)
     {
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ public:
      *
      * \param adaptedValues Container for model-specific values to be adapted
      * \param u The variables to be stored
+     * \param scvIdx The SCV (sub-control-volume) index
      */
     static void setAdaptionValues(AdaptedValues& adaptedValues, PrimaryVariables& u, int scvIdx)
     {