diff --git a/fsl/data/image.py b/fsl/data/image.py
index 8128ce808ba8db49777b5a2ee05e98a1ecdab5e1..88906cdc2a01607ecc8c68fd242f518716da1966 100644
--- a/fsl/data/image.py
+++ b/fsl/data/image.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class Nifti1(object):
 
     def mapIndices(self, sliceobj):
         """Adjusts the given slice object so that it may be used to index the
-        underlying ``nibabel.Nifti1Image` object.
+        underlying ``nibabel.Nifti1Image`` object.
 
         See the :meth:`__determineShape` method.
 
diff --git a/fsl/data/imagewrapper.py b/fsl/data/imagewrapper.py
index 7f9f86e97d8d474ec89c5c6899ccbdc535cf513c..6acf0c1eafca9ee8d48e890a4f120a2930d1f03e 100644
--- a/fsl/data/imagewrapper.py
+++ b/fsl/data/imagewrapper.py
@@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ def sliceOverlap(slices, coverage):
                     the current image coverage.
 
     :returns: One of the following codes:
+    
               .. autosummary::
 
               OVERLAP_ALL
diff --git a/fsl/utils/async.py b/fsl/utils/async.py
index 01ea1778a822e1ccf5f924b2260ab9e4ac380891..7ee46820da5566b1c345c5cf93ccad53014fad10 100644
--- a/fsl/utils/async.py
+++ b/fsl/utils/async.py
@@ -485,13 +485,11 @@ class TaskThreadVeto(Exception):
 class TaskThread(threading.Thread):
     """The ``TaskThread`` is a simple thread which runs tasks. Tasks may be
     enqueued and dequeued.
-
-    .. note::
     """
 
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """Create a ``TaskThread`` """
+        """Create a ``TaskThread``. """
 
         threading.Thread.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/fsl/utils/memoize.py b/fsl/utils/memoize.py
index e7883434ddaaeba970dbe4bacf82152c783d7be0..cffb5e4ad2ea5d9f8c58bd230f176372d3aa185b 100644
--- a/fsl/utils/memoize.py
+++ b/fsl/utils/memoize.py
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ def memoize(args=None, kwargs=None):
 
     If no positional or keyword arguments are specified, the function is
     memoized on all arguments. Note that the arguments used for memoization
-    must be hashable, as they are used as keys in a dictionary..
+    must be hashable, as they are used as keys in a dictionary.
 
-    .. note:: This decorator must always be called with brackets, e.g.::
-                  memoize()
-                  def myfunc():
-                      ...
+    This decorator must always be called with brackets, e.g. ::
+    
+        memoize()
+        def myfunc():
+            # do stuff to be memoized
+    
 
     :arg args:   A list of positional argument indices.
     :arg kwargs: A list of keyword argument names.
diff --git a/fsl/utils/platform.py b/fsl/utils/platform.py
index e40bdfed310d5d187afa0f8b1432798298cb7978..cb20b3850e4ef8098e8fadf94237dfcb01e74444 100644
--- a/fsl/utils/platform.py
+++ b/fsl/utils/platform.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 WX_UNKNOWN = 0
 """Identifier for the :attr:`Platform.wxFlavour` and
 :attr:`Platform.wxPlatform` properties indicating an unknown/undetermined
- flavour/platform.
+flavour/platform.
 """