diff --git a/test/boxmodels/richards/richardslensproblem.hh b/test/boxmodels/richards/richardslensproblem.hh
index 2edc1066410efb354b9c561dcd1028562f6938cd..5765a6292d8fd9504c6e99e39f298941d3664c43 100644
--- a/test/boxmodels/richards/richardslensproblem.hh
+++ b/test/boxmodels/richards/richardslensproblem.hh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * \file
  *
  * \brief A water infiltration problem with a low-permeability lens
- *        embedded into a high- permeability domain which uses the
+ *        embedded into a high-permeability domain which uses the
  *        Richards box model.
  */
 #ifndef DUMUX_RICHARDS_LENSPROBLEM_HH
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ SET_PROP(RichardsLensProblem, Grid) { typedef Dune::SGrid<2, 2> type; };
 //SET_TYPE_PROP(RichardsLensProblem, Grid, Dune::YaspGrid<2>);
 #endif
 
-// Set the phsical problem to be solved
+// Set the physical problem to be solved
 SET_PROP(RichardsLensProblem, Problem)
 { typedef Dumux::RichardsLensProblem<TypeTag> type; };
 
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ public:
     typedef Dumux::LiquidPhase<Scalar, Dumux::SimpleH2O<Scalar> > type;
 };
 
-// Enable gravity?
+// Enable gravity
 SET_BOOL_PROP(RichardsLensProblem, EnableGravity, true);
 
-// Enable partial reassembly of the Jacobian matrix?
+// Enable partial reassembly of the Jacobian matrix
 SET_BOOL_PROP(RichardsLensProblem, EnablePartialReassemble, true);
 
-// Enable re-use of the Jacobian matrix for the first iteration of a time step?
+// Enable re-use of the Jacobian matrix for the first iteration of a time step
 SET_BOOL_PROP(RichardsLensProblem, EnableJacobianRecycling, true);
 
 // Use forward diffferences to approximate the Jacobian matrix
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ SET_INT_PROP(RichardsLensProblem, NewtonMaxSteps, 28);
 // Set the "desireable" number of newton iterations of a time step
 SET_INT_PROP(RichardsLensProblem, NewtonTargetSteps, 18);
 
-// Write the intermediate results of the newton method?
+// Do not write the intermediate results of the newton method
 SET_BOOL_PROP(RichardsLensProblem, NewtonWriteConvergence, false);
 }
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ SET_BOOL_PROP(RichardsLensProblem, NewtonWriteConvergence, false);
  * \ingroup BoxTestProblems
  *
  * \brief A water infiltration problem with a low-permeability lens
- *        embedded into a high- permeability domain which uses the
+ *        embedded into a high-permeability domain which uses the
  *        Richards box model.
  *
  * The domain is box shaped. Left and right boundaries are Dirichlet
diff --git a/test/boxmodels/richards/richardslensspatialparams.hh b/test/boxmodels/richards/richardslensspatialparams.hh
index 141d9d8d14fc4f0b3e611238655aeacf8bd97331..31f70c15127280b47db1500acab0f348878c1d39 100644
--- a/test/boxmodels/richards/richardslensspatialparams.hh
+++ b/test/boxmodels/richards/richardslensspatialparams.hh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 namespace Dumux
 {
 
-//forward declaration
+// forward declaration
 template<class TypeTag>
 class RichardsLensSpatialParams;
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ NEW_TYPE_TAG(RichardsLensSpatialParams);
 // Set the spatial parameters
 SET_TYPE_PROP(RichardsLensSpatialParams, SpatialParams, Dumux::RichardsLensSpatialParams<TypeTag>);
 
-// Set the material Law
+// Set the material law
 SET_PROP(RichardsLensSpatialParams, MaterialLaw)
 {
 private: