diff --git a/src/erasurecode.c b/src/erasurecode.c
index dd59ae5..bc401ca 100644
--- a/src/erasurecode.c
+++ b/src/erasurecode.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ int liberasurecode_backend_available(const ec_backend_id_t backend_id) {
  *
  * @param id - one of the supported backends as
  *        defined by ec_backend_id_t
- * @param ec_args - arguments to the EC backend
+ * @param args - arguments to the EC backend
  *        arguments common to all backends
  *          k - number of data fragments
  *          m - number of parity fragments
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ int liberasurecode_instance_create(const ec_backend_id_t id,
 /**
  * Close a liberasurecode instance
  *
- * @param liberasurecode descriptor to close
+ * @param desc - liberasurecode descriptor to close
  */
 int liberasurecode_instance_destroy(int desc)
 {
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ int liberasurecode_decode_cleanup(int desc, char *data)
  *
  * @param desc - liberasurecode descriptor/handle
  *        from liberasurecode_instance_create()
- * @param fragments - erasure encoded fragments (> = k)
+ * @param available_fragments - erasure encoded fragments (> = k)
  * @param num_fragments - number of fragments being passed in
  * @param fragment_len - length of each fragment (assume they are the same)
  * @param force_metadata_checks - force fragment metadata checks (default: 0)
diff --git a/src/erasurecode_helpers.c b/src/erasurecode_helpers.c
index 1494587..4be2634 100644
--- a/src/erasurecode_helpers.c
+++ b/src/erasurecode_helpers.c
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ uint64_t get_fragment_size(char *buf)
  * Compute a size aligned to the number of data and the underlying wordsize 
  * of the EC algorithm.
  * 
- * @param instance, ec_backend_t instance (to extract args)
- * @param data_len, integer length of data in bytes
+ * @param instance - ec_backend_t instance (to extract args)
+ * @param data_len - integer length of data in bytes
  * @return integer data length aligned with wordsize of EC algorithm
  */
 int get_aligned_data_size(ec_backend_t instance, int data_len)
@@ -487,17 +487,4 @@ inline int set_checksum(ec_checksum_type_t ct, char *buf, int blocksize)
     return 0;
 }
 
-inline uint32_t* get_chksum(char *buf)
-{
-    fragment_header_t* header = (fragment_header_t*) buf;
-
-    assert(NULL != header);
-    if (header->magic != LIBERASURECODE_FRAG_HEADER_MAGIC) {
-        log_error("Invalid fragment header (get chksum)!");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return (uint32_t *) header->meta.chksum;
-}
-
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