diff --git a/glib/gvariant.c b/glib/gvariant.c
index 7b533b86c..579f569ed 100644
--- a/glib/gvariant.c
+++ b/glib/gvariant.c
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@
  * can use:
  *
  * |[<!-- language="C" -->
- *   GVariant *v = g_variant_new ('u', 40);
+ *   GVariant *v = g_variant_new ("u", 40);
  * ]|
  *
- * The string 'u' in the first argument tells #GVariant that the data passed to
+ * The string "u" in the first argument tells #GVariant that the data passed to
  * the constructor (40) is going to be an unsigned integer.
  *
  * More advanced examples of #GVariant in use can be found in documentation for
@@ -1177,10 +1177,10 @@ g_variant_get_fixed_array (GVariant *value,
  * @n_elements: the number of elements
  * @element_size: the size of each element
  *
- * Provides access to the serialised data for an array of fixed-sized
- * items.
+ * Constructs a new array #GVariant instance, where the elements are
+ * of @element_type type.
  *
- * @value must be an array with fixed-sized elements.  Numeric types are
+ * @elements must be an array with fixed-sized elements.  Numeric types are
  * fixed-size as are tuples containing only other fixed-sized types.
  *
  * @element_size must be the size of a single element in the array.
@@ -1189,8 +1189,7 @@ g_variant_get_fixed_array (GVariant *value,
  * of a double-check that the form of the serialised data matches the caller's
  * expectation.
  *
- * @n_elements, which must be non-%NULL is set equal to the number of
- * items in the array.
+ * @n_elements must be the length of the @elements array.
  *
  * Returns: (transfer none): a floating reference to a new array #GVariant instance
  *
@@ -5336,7 +5335,7 @@ g_variant_new (const gchar *format_string,
  *
  * Note that the arguments in @app must be of the correct width for their
  * types specified in @format_string when collected into the #va_list.
- * See the [GVariant varargs documentation][gvariant-varargs.
+ * See the [GVariant varargs documentation][gvariant-varargs].
  *
  * These two generalisations allow mixing of multiple calls to
  * g_variant_new_va() and g_variant_get_va() within a single actual
diff --git a/glib/gvarianttype.c b/glib/gvarianttype.c
index b8d6faac3..e36c1c169 100644
--- a/glib/gvarianttype.c
+++ b/glib/gvarianttype.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
  * - `s`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING; a string.
  * - `o`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH; a string in the form
  *   of a D-Bus object path.
- * - `g`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING; a string in the form of
+ * - `g`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_SIGNATURE; a string in the form of
  *   a D-Bus type signature.
  * - `?`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_BASIC; an indefinite type that
  *   is a supertype of any of the basic types.
diff --git a/glib/gvarianttype.h b/glib/gvarianttype.h
index 25db4df24..b48b267d2 100644
--- a/glib/gvarianttype.h
+++ b/glib/gvarianttype.h
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ typedef struct _GVariantType GVariantType;
 /**
  * G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT64:
  *
- * The type of an integer value that can range from 0 to
- * 18446744073709551616.  That's a really big number, but a Rubik's
+ * The type of an integer value that can range from 0
+ * to 18446744073709551616.  That's a really big number, but a Rubik's
  * cube can have a bit more than twice as many possible positions.
  **/
 #define G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT64               ((const GVariantType *) "t")