diff --git a/src/core/geometry/qgsgeometry.h b/src/core/geometry/qgsgeometry.h
index 11ca95b396d..68e6ff09305 100644
--- a/src/core/geometry/qgsgeometry.h
+++ b/src/core/geometry/qgsgeometry.h
@@ -588,8 +588,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsGeometry
      * subset of useful cases. Examples of these are:
      *
      * - computing distance between Linestrings that are roughly parallel to each other,
-     *
-     * and roughly equal in length. This occurs in matching linear networks.
+     *   and roughly equal in length. This occurs in matching linear networks.
      * - Testing similarity of geometries.
      *
      * If the default approximate provided by this method is insufficient, use hausdorffDistanceDensify() instead.
@@ -1594,13 +1593,9 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsGeometry
      * This method will do anything possible to force the current geometry into the specified type. E.g.
      *
      * - lines or polygons will be converted to points by return either a single multipoint geometry or multiple
-     *
-     * single point geometries.
-     *
+     *   single point geometries.
      * - polygons will be converted to lines by extracting their exterior and interior rings, returning
-     *
-     * either a multilinestring or multiple single line strings as dictated by \a type.
-     *
+     *   either a multilinestring or multiple single line strings as dictated by \a type.
      * - lines will be converted to polygon rings if \a type is a polygon type
      * - curved geometries will be segmented if \a type is non-curved.
      * - multi geometries will be converted to a list of single geometries
@@ -2272,9 +2267,8 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsGeometry
      *   points are equal within the specified tolerance
      * - multipolygons and  have the same number of polygons, the polygons have the same number
      *   of rings, and each ring has the same number of points and all points are equal
-     *   within the specified
+     *   within the specified tolerance
      *
-     * tolerance
      * \since QGIS 2.9
      */
     static bool compare( PyObject *obj1, PyObject *obj2, double epsilon = 4 * std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon() );
diff --git a/src/core/geometry/qgsgeos.h b/src/core/geometry/qgsgeos.h
index 9fa8a7c5b1c..2a062bd8224 100644
--- a/src/core/geometry/qgsgeos.h
+++ b/src/core/geometry/qgsgeos.h
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsGeos: public QgsGeometryEngine
      * subset of useful cases. Examples of these are:
      *
      * - computing distance between Linestrings that are roughly parallel to each other,
-     *
-     * and roughly equal in length. This occurs in matching linear networks.
+     *   and roughly equal in length. This occurs in matching linear networks.
      * - Testing similarity of geometries.
      *
      * If the default approximate provided by this method is insufficient, use hausdorffDistanceDensify() instead.
diff --git a/src/core/qgsdistancearea.h b/src/core/qgsdistancearea.h
index 4539ca587be..788a322b317 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsdistancearea.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsdistancearea.h
@@ -293,9 +293,9 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsDistanceArea
      *
      * - spheroid_project.spheroid_project(...)
      * - Valid bounds checking for degrees (latitude=+- 85.05115) is based values used for
+     *   -> 'WGS84 Web Mercator (Auxiliary Sphere)' calculations
+     *   --> latitudes outside these bounds cause the calculations to become unstable and can return invalid results
      *
-     * -> 'WGS84 Web Mercator (Auxiliary Sphere)' calculations
-     * --> latitudes outside these bounds cause the calculations to become unstable and can return invalid results
      * \since QGIS 3.0
      */
     QgsPointXY computeSpheroidProject( const QgsPointXY &p1, double distance = 1, double azimuth = M_PI_2 ) const;
diff --git a/src/gui/qgsdockwidget.h b/src/gui/qgsdockwidget.h
index 38bdc96d180..cf3a984fe26 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsdockwidget.h
+++ b/src/gui/qgsdockwidget.h
@@ -84,13 +84,9 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsDockWidget : public QDockWidget
      * When setting as hidden, the following logic is used:
      *
      * - hiding a dock which is open but not raised (ie hidden by another tab) will have no
-     *
-     * effect, and the dock will still be opened and hidden by the other tab
-     *
+     *   effect, and the dock will still be opened and hidden by the other tab
      * - hiding a dock which is open and raised (ie, user visible) will cause the dock to
-     *
-     * be closed
-     *
+     *   be closed
      * - hiding a dock which is closed has no effect and raises no signals
      *
      * \see isUserVisible()