--- a/scripts/sparse/etreeplot.m
+++ b/scripts/sparse/etreeplot.m
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@
 ## 02110-1301  USA
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
-## @deftypefn {Function File} {} etreeplot (@var{Tree})
-## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} etreeplot (@var{Tree}, @var{NodeStyle}, @var{EdgeStyle})
-## Plots the elimination tree of the matrix @var{s} or @code{@var{s}+@var{s}'}
-## if @var{s} in non-symmetric. The  optional parameters @var{LineStyle} and 
-## @var{EdgeStyle} define the output style.
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} etreeplot (@var{tree})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} etreeplot (@var{tree}, @var{node_style}, @var{edge_style})
+## Plot the elimination tree of the matrix @var{s} or
+## @code{@var{s}+@var{s}'}  if @var{s} in non-symmetric.  The optional
+## parameters @var{line_style} and @var{edge_style} define the output
+## style.
 ## @end deftypefn
 ## @seealso{treeplot,gplot}
 
 function etreeplot (s, varargin)
-  treeplot (etree (s+s'), varargin{:})
+  treeplot (etree (s+s'), varargin{:});
 endfunction

--- a/scripts/sparse/gplot.m
+++ b/scripts/sparse/gplot.m
@@ -17,35 +17,36 @@
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} gplot (@var{a}, @var{xy})
-## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} gplot (@var{a}, @var{xy}, @var{LineSpec})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} gplot (@var{a}, @var{xy}, @var{line_style})
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{x}, @var{y}] =} gplot (@var{a}, @var{xy})
-## Plots a graph defined by @var{A} and @var{xy} in the graph theory sense.
-## @var{A} is the adjacency matrix of the array to be plotted and @var{xy} is a
-## @var{n}-by-2 matrix containing the coordinates of the nodes of the graph.
+## Plot a graph defined by @var{A} and @var{xy} in the graph theory
+## sense.  @var{A} is the adjacency matrix of the array to be plotted
+## and @var{xy} is an @var{n}-by-2 matrix containing the coordinates of
+## the nodes of the graph.
 ##
-## If defined, @var{LineStyle} defines the output style for the plot. Called 
-## with no output arguments the graph is plotted directly. Called with output
-## arguments the coordinates of the plot are returned in @var{x} and @var{y}, 
-## rather than being plotted.
+## The optional parameter @var{line_style} defines the output style for
+## the plot.  Called with no output arguments the graph is plotted
+## directly.  Otherwise, return the coordinates of the plot in @var{x}
+## and @var{y}.
 ## @end deftypefn
-## @seealso{treeplot,etreeplot,spy}
+## @seealso{treeplot, etreeplot, spy}
 
-function [x, y] = gplot (A, xy, LineStyle)
+function [x, y] = gplot (A, xy, line_style)
 
   if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 3 || nargout > 2)
-    error ("gplot: wrong number of input/output arguments");
+    usage ("gplot (a, xy, line_style)");
   endif
 
   if (nargin == 2)
-    LineStyle = "1;;";
+    line_style = "1;;";
   endif
 
-  [i,j] = find(A);
+  [i, j] = find (A);
   xcoord = [xy(i,1), xy(j,1), NaN * ones(length(i),1)]'(:);
   ycoord = [xy(i,2), xy(j,2), NaN * ones(length(i),1)]'(:);
 
   if (nargout == 0)
-    plot(xcoord,ycoord,LineStyle); 
+    plot (xcoord, ycoord, line_style); 
   else
     x = xcoord;
     y = ycoord;