diff --git a/include/coap/encode.h b/include/coap/encode.h
index bdb7aa56..351c8618 100644
--- a/include/coap/encode.h
+++ b/include/coap/encode.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2010--2012 Olaf Bergmann <bergmann@tzi.org>
  *
  * This file is part of the CoAP library libcoap. Please see
- * README for terms of use. 
+ * README for terms of use.
  */
 
 #ifndef _COAP_ENCODE_H_
@@ -36,16 +36,15 @@ extern int coap_fls(unsigned int i);
 #define COAP_PSEUDOFP_ENCODE_8_4_UP(v,ls,s) (v < HIBIT ? v : (ls = coap_fls(v) - Nn, (s = (((v + ((1<<E<<ls)-1)) >> ls) & MMASK)), s == 0 ? HIBIT + ls + 1 : s + ls))
 
 /**
- * Decodes multiple-length byte sequences. buf points to an input byte
- * sequence of length len. Returns the decoded value.
+ * Decodes multiple-length byte sequences. buf points to an input byte sequence
+ * of length len. Returns the decoded value.
  */
 unsigned int coap_decode_var_bytes(unsigned char *buf,unsigned int len);
 
 /**
- * Encodes multiple-length byte sequences. buf points to an output
- * buffer of sufficient length to store the encoded bytes. val is
- * the value to encode. Returns the number of bytes used to encode
- * val or 0 on error.
+ * Encodes multiple-length byte sequences. buf points to an output buffer of
+ * sufficient length to store the encoded bytes. val is the value to encode.
+ * Returns the number of bytes used to encode val or 0 on error.
  */
 unsigned int coap_encode_var_bytes(unsigned char *buf, unsigned int val);