diff --git a/include/cantera/base/plots.h b/include/cantera/base/plots.h
index 310ff6b57..77c31ec0e 100644
--- a/include/cantera/base/plots.h
+++ b/include/cantera/base/plots.h
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 /**
- *  @file plots.h
- *       Contains declarations for utility functions for
- *   outputing to plotting programs.
+ *  @file plots.h Contains declarations for utility functions for outputing to
+ *       plotting programs.
  */
 // Copyright 2001  California Institute of Technology
 
 #ifndef CT_PLOTS_H
 #define CT_PLOTS_H
 
-
 #include "cantera/base/Array.h"
 #include "cantera/base/ctexceptions.h"
 
@@ -18,8 +16,6 @@
 
 namespace Cantera
 {
-
-
 //!    Write a Plotting file
 /*!
  * @param fname      Output file name
@@ -33,7 +29,6 @@ void writePlotFile(const std::string& fname, const std::string& fmt,
                    const std::string& plotTitle, const std::vector<std::string> &names,
                    const Array2D& data);
 
-
 //!    Write a Tecplot data file.
 /*!
  * @param s        output stream
@@ -46,7 +41,6 @@ void outputTEC(std::ostream& s, const std::string& title,
                const std::vector<std::string>& names,
                const Array2D& data);
 
-
 //! Write an Excel spreadsheet in 'csv' form.
 /*!
  * @param s          output stream
diff --git a/src/base/plots.cpp b/src/base/plots.cpp
index dd703c699..3fe978f4a 100644
--- a/src/base/plots.cpp
+++ b/src/base/plots.cpp
@@ -10,15 +10,6 @@ using namespace std;
 namespace Cantera
 {
 
-//    Write a Plotting file
-/*
- * @param fname      Output file name
- * @param fmt        Either TEC or XL or CSV
- * @param plotTitle  Title of the plot
- * @param names      vector of variable names
- * @param data       N x M data array.
- *                     data(n,m) is the m^th value of the n^th variable.
- */
 void writePlotFile(const std::string& fname, const std::string& fmt,
                    const std::string& plotTitle,
                    const std::vector<std::string> &names,
@@ -41,16 +32,6 @@ void writePlotFile(const std::string& fname, const std::string& fmt,
     }
 }
 
-
-
-//     Write a Tecplot data file.
-/*
- * @param s        output stream
- * @param title    plot title
- * @param names    vector of variable names
- * @param data      N x M data array.
- *                 data(n,m) is the m^th value of the n^th variable.
- */
 void outputTEC(std::ostream& s, const std::string& title,
                const std::vector<std::string>& names,
                const Array2D& data)
@@ -78,16 +59,6 @@ void outputTEC(std::ostream& s, const std::string& title,
     }
 }
 
-
-
-// Write an Excel spreadsheet in 'csv' form.
-/*
- * @param s          output stream
- * @param title      plot title
- * @param names      vector of variable names
- * @param data       N x M data array.
- *                        data(n,m) is the m^th value of the n^th variable.
- */
 void outputExcel(std::ostream& s, const std::string& title,
                  const std::vector<std::string>& names,
                  const Array2D& data)