diff --git a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES
index 4e92ccf83a..42fa0fa938 100644
--- a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
 * search-string-set [arg] stores the <arg>, the currently selected text or the word under
   cursor in the search cache that is used by word-find[-backward|-forward] if no argument
-  is given to those. 
+  is given to those.
 
 * inset-split is a new convenience function that splits an inset into two at the given
   cursor position. This is only implemented for text insets currently.
diff --git a/src/BufferView.cpp b/src/BufferView.cpp
index 376425339c..f7d0bbd1f4 100644
--- a/src/BufferView.cpp
+++ b/src/BufferView.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ struct BufferView::Private
 	  */
 	frontend::GuiBufferViewDelegate * gui_;
 
-	/// Cache for Find Next
+	/// cache search string for simple search
 	docstring search_request_cache_;
 
 	///