--- a/scripts/optimization/optimget.m
+++ b/scripts/optimization/optimget.m
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} optimget (@var{options}, @var{parname})
-## @deftypefn {Function File} {} optimget (@var{options}, @var{parname}, @var{default})
-## Used to retrieve a specific option from a structure created by 
-## @code{optimset}. If @var{parname} is not a field of the @var{options}
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} optimget (@var{options}, @var{parname}, @var{default})
+## Return a specific option from a structure created by 
+## @code{optimset}.  If @var{parname} is not a field of the @var{options}
 ## structure, return @var{default} if supplied, otherwise return an 
 ## empty matrix.
 ## @end deftypefn

--- a/scripts/strings/strchr.m
+++ b/scripts/strings/strchr.m
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 ## This will be faster than using regexp in most cases.
 ##
 ## @seealso{find}
+## @end deftypefn
 
 function varargout = strchr (str, chars, varargin)
   if (nargin < 2 || ! ischar (str) || ! ischar (chars))

--- a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/bsxfun.cc
+++ b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/bsxfun.cc
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 }
 
 DEFUN_DLD (bsxfun, args, ,
-  " -*- texinfo -*-\n\
+  "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
 @deftypefn {Loadable Function} {} bsxfun (@var{f}, @var{a}, @var{b})\n\
 Applies a binary function @var{f} element-wise to two matrix arguments\n\
 @var{a} and @var{b}. The function @var{f} must be capable of accepting\n\

--- a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/cellfun.cc
+++ b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/cellfun.cc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include "unwind-prot.h"
 
 DEFUN_DLD (cellfun, args, nargout,
-  " -*- texinfo -*-\n\
+  "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
 @deftypefn {Loadable Function} {} cellfun (@var{name}, @var{c})\n\
 @deftypefnx {Loadable Function} {} cellfun (\"size\", @var{c}, @var{k})\n\
 @deftypefnx {Loadable Function} {} cellfun (\"isclass\", @var{c}, @var{class})\n\

--- a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/typecast.cc
+++ b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/typecast.cc
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 }
 
 DEFUN_DLD (typecast, args, ,
-  " -*- texinfo -*-\n\
+  "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
 @deftypefn {Loadable Function} {} typecast (@var{x}, @var{type})\n\
 Convert from one datatype to another without changing the underlying\n\
 data. The argument @var{type} defines the type of the return argument\n\

--- a/src/utils.cc
+++ b/src/utils.cc
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@
 match is performed at the end of each path element.  For example, if\n\
 @var{dir} is @code{\"foo/bar\"}, it matches the path element\n\
 @code{\"/some/dir/foo/bar\"}, but not @code{\"/some/dir/foo/bar/baz\"}\n\
-or @code{\"/some/dir/allfoo/bar.\n\
+or @code{\"/some/dir/allfoo/bar\"}.\n\
 @end deftypefn")
 {
   octave_value retval = std::string ();