diff --git a/fsl/data/fixlabels.py b/fsl/data/fixlabels.py
index 4dc1821a2af125213b3102f2d47e3d0a933732fb..5d01ae9b5ac84d378b7497de816be4c43b4c132e 100644
--- a/fsl/data/fixlabels.py
+++ b/fsl/data/fixlabels.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def isNoisyComponent(labels, signalLabels=None):
 
     :arg signalLabels: Labels which are deemed signal. If a component has
                        no labels in this list, it is deemed noise. Defaults
-                       to ``['Signal', 'Unknown']`.
+                       to ``['Signal', 'Unknown']``.
     """
     if signalLabels is None:
         signalLabels = ['signal', 'unknown']
diff --git a/fsl/utils/settings.py b/fsl/utils/settings.py
index cb383c18558ffe141609347eee33f48966680a6e..57a6a551dcb20f0c0636b1b84c5c0e8e3360d32e 100644
--- a/fsl/utils/settings.py
+++ b/fsl/utils/settings.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Two types of configuration data are available:
     that can be pickled can be stored.
 
   - Separate files, either text or binary. Access these via the ``readFile``,
-    ``writeFile`, and ``deleteFile` functions.
+    ``writeFile``, and ``deleteFile`` functions.
 
 Both of the above data types will be stored in a configuration directory.
 The location of this directory differs from platform to platform, but is