diff --git a/include/osg/Node b/include/osg/Node
index 25054f961..16029632c 100644
--- a/include/osg/Node
+++ b/include/osg/Node
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class OSG_EXPORT Node : public Object
         *
         * The most common use of these is during traversal of the scene graph.
         * For instance, when traversing the scene graph the osg::NodeVisitor does a bitwise
-        * AND of its TraversalMask with the Node#s NodeMask to
+        * AND of its TraversalMask with the Node's NodeMask to
         * determine if the Node should be processed/traversed.
         *
         * For example, if a Node has a NodeMask value of 0x02 (only 2nd bit set)
diff --git a/include/osg/Referenced b/include/osg/Referenced
index 45899f0d4..e8e6164e6 100644
--- a/include/osg/Referenced
+++ b/include/osg/Referenced
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ class OSG_EXPORT Referenced
         inline int ref() const;
         
         /** Decrement the reference count by one, indicating that 
-            a pointer to this object is referencing it.  If the
+            a pointer to this object is no longer referencing it.  If the
             reference count goes to zero, it is assumed that this object
             is no longer referenced and is automatically deleted.*/
         inline int unref() const;
         
         /** Decrement the reference count by one, indicating that 
-            a pointer to this object is referencing it.  However, do
+            a pointer to this object is no longer referencing it.  However, do
             not delete it, even if ref count goes to 0.  Warning, unref_nodelete() 
             should only be called if the user knows exactly who will
             be responsible for, one should prefer unref() over unref_nodelete()