diff --git a/src/compute_state.cc b/src/compute_state.cc
index b2ef883b1012a3fd17b49ddc128b80a6b56a3add..5afb2c445f887a414626a460645a08173e16a8ac 100644
--- a/src/compute_state.cc
+++ b/src/compute_state.cc
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 #include "compute_state.hh"
 
-// The nonlinearity exp(-x) [ Note: the Dieterich law has an additional linear
-// term! ]
+// The nonlinearity exp(-x)
+// NOTE: the Dieterich law has an additional linear term!
 class DecayingExponential {
 public:
   typedef Dune::FieldVector<double, 1> VectorType;
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ double state_update_dieterich_bisection(double h, double uol,
   return bisection.minimize(J, 0.0, 0.0, bisectionsteps); // TODO
 }
 
-double state_update_dieterich(double h, double uol, // unorm / L
-                              double old_state) {
+double state_update_dieterich(double h, double uol, double old_state) {
   double const ret = state_update_dieterich_bisection(h, uol, old_state);
   /* We have
 
diff --git a/src/compute_state.hh b/src/compute_state.hh
index b1190cc071ee577f425ffcb4ab87a08241fb45fc..3fedc4fe7953074d006e0a3afef772dfd7672329 100644
--- a/src/compute_state.hh
+++ b/src/compute_state.hh
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 #define COMPUTE_STATE_HH
 
 double state_update_dieterich(double h, double uol, double old_state);
-
 #endif
diff --git a/src/compute_state_ruina.cc b/src/compute_state_ruina.cc
index a5ae9bbfebf0990fc2f6eac267757a2b1ca9c2d2..de844ce2483659e201f418624f213cd51cee26eb 100644
--- a/src/compute_state_ruina.cc
+++ b/src/compute_state_ruina.cc
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "compute_state_ruina.hh"
 
-double state_update_ruina(double h, double uol, // unorm/L
-                          double old_state) {
+double state_update_ruina(double h, double uol, double old_state) {
   if (uol == 0)
     return old_state;
 
diff --git a/src/compute_state_ruina.hh b/src/compute_state_ruina.hh
index 43e8eba961ff564de9f27bf297cdbab7b2eaecdb..fee9d31c5fbcc2ddf6fb2bba6ecde3f30afc3518 100644
--- a/src/compute_state_ruina.hh
+++ b/src/compute_state_ruina.hh
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 #define COMPUTE_STATE_RUINA_HH
 
 double state_update_ruina(double h, double uol, double old_state);
-
 #endif