diff --git a/src/Session.h b/src/Session.h
index 25172b3094..98ac563223 100644
--- a/src/Session.h
+++ b/src/Session.h
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public:
 
 	/** add cursor position to the fname entry in the filepos map
 	    @param fname file entry for which to save position information
-	    @param pos position of the cursor when the file is closed.
+	    @param pos position of the cursor when the BufferView is closed.
 	*/
 	void save(support::FileName const & fname, FilePos const & pos);
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index 4213f1dc6a..3de3d48480 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ void GuiView::setBuffer(Buffer * newBuffer)
 	if (wa == 0) {
 		newBuffer->masterBuffer()->updateBuffer();
 		wa = addWorkArea(*newBuffer);
-		// scroll to the position when the file was last closed
+		// scroll to the position when the BufferView was last closed
 		if (lyxrc.use_lastfilepos) {
 			LastFilePosSection::FilePos filepos =
 				theSession().lastFilePos().load(newBuffer->fileName());