diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/Parser.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/Parser.cpp
index 290b7ba7b7..20f5058901 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/Parser.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/Parser.cpp
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ string const Parser::plainCommand(char left, char right, string const & name)
 {
 	if (!good())
 		return string();
-	// ceck if first token is really the start character
+	// check if first token is really the start character
 	Token tok = get_token();
 	if (tok.character() != left) {
 		cerr << "first character does not match start character of command \\" << name << endl;
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/Parser.h b/src/tex2lyx/Parser.h
index 3b852e1090..c0c5685bb8 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/Parser.h
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/Parser.h
@@ -197,17 +197,17 @@ public:
 	 */
 	std::string const verbatimEnvironment(std::string const & name);
 	/*
-	* The same as verbatimEnvironment(std::string const & name) but
-	* \begin and \end commands inside the name environment are not parsed.
-	* This function is designed to parse verbatim environments.
-	*/
+	 * The same as verbatimEnvironment(std::string const & name) but
+	 * \begin and \end commands inside the name environment are not parsed.
+	 * This function is designed to parse verbatim environments.
+	 */
 	std::string const plainEnvironment(std::string const & name);
 	/*
-	* Basically the same as plainEnvironment(std::string const & name) but
-	* instead of \begin and \end commands the parsing is started/stopped
-	* at given characters.
-	* This function is designed to parse verbatim commands.
-	*/
+	 * Basically the same as plainEnvironment(std::string const & name) but
+	 * instead of \begin and \end commands the parsing is started/stopped
+	 * at given characters.
+	 * This function is designed to parse verbatim commands.
+	 */
 	std::string const plainCommand(char left, char right, std::string const & name);
 	/*!
 	 * Returns the character of the current token and increments