diff --git a/dumux/freeflow/stokes/stokesnewtoncontroller.hh b/dumux/freeflow/stokes/stokesnewtoncontroller.hh
index 755efb73c400bcaaa30e6d29d948dc13d1788500..3893706afe42184b6cf0966ee9805d629b859e36 100644
--- a/dumux/freeflow/stokes/stokesnewtoncontroller.hh
+++ b/dumux/freeflow/stokes/stokesnewtoncontroller.hh
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ public:
         this->setRelTolerance(1e-6);
         this->setTargetSteps(10);
         this->setMaxSteps(18);
-    };
+    }
 };
-}
+} // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif
diff --git a/dumux/nonlinear/newtoncontroller.hh b/dumux/nonlinear/newtoncontroller.hh
index 987bbb3faaace6557009e96bb47ab001d201a3bd..e6401920a5b4b0aa6923f8b3f4b8a114d16bdd00 100644
--- a/dumux/nonlinear/newtoncontroller.hh
+++ b/dumux/nonlinear/newtoncontroller.hh
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #define DUMUX_NEWTON_CONTROLLER_HH
 
 #include <dumux/common/propertysystem.hh>
-#include <dumux/io/vtkmultiwriter.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/exceptions.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/math.hh>
 #include <dumux/io/vtkmultiwriter.hh>
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ SET_SCALAR_PROP(NewtonMethod, NewtonAbsTolerance, 1e-5);
 SET_INT_PROP(NewtonMethod, NewtonTargetSteps, 10);
 SET_INT_PROP(NewtonMethod, NewtonMaxSteps, 18);
 
-}
+} // end namespace Properties
 
 /*!
  * \ingroup Newton
@@ -188,14 +187,14 @@ public:
 
         verbose_ = true;
         numSteps_ = 0;
-    };
+    }
 
     /*!
      * \brief Destructor
      */
     ~NewtonController()
     {
-    };
+    }
 
     /*!
      * \brief Set the maximum acceptable difference for convergence of
@@ -657,7 +656,7 @@ protected:
             convergenceWriter_.writeFields(uLastIter, deltaU);
             convergenceWriter_.endIteration();
         }
-    };
+    }
 
     void lineSearchUpdate_(SolutionVector &uCurrentIter,
                            const SolutionVector &uLastIter,