diff --git a/src/USER-MISC/fix_pimd.cpp b/src/USER-MISC/fix_pimd.cpp
index 10fab4ff0ee31472e53859495d58c0774c422652..7d7ea265bb5f5b7d7bf9fc9903c06d87d7106f23 100644
--- a/src/USER-MISC/fix_pimd.cpp
+++ b/src/USER-MISC/fix_pimd.cpp
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ void FixPIMD::nhc_update_v()
 }
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   NM PIMD Operations
+   Normal Mode PIMD
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 void FixPIMD::nmpimd_init()
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ void FixPIMD::spring_force()
 }
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   Comm Operations
+   Comm operations
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 void FixPIMD::comm_init()
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ void FixPIMD::unpack_comm(int n, int first, double *buf)
 }
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   Memory Operations
+   Memory operations
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 double FixPIMD::memory_usage()
diff --git a/src/USER-MISC/fix_srp.cpp b/src/USER-MISC/fix_srp.cpp
index ffbfb2a182412e9e6365d11447712ecc2b8e8fc1..1b22c8945fb4627eb05eb966494cba63bad62cc2 100644
--- a/src/USER-MISC/fix_srp.cpp
+++ b/src/USER-MISC/fix_srp.cpp
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ void FixSRP::init()
   // BPs do not interact with other types
   // type bptype only interacts with itself
   char* arg1[4];
-  arg1[0] = "exclude"; 
-  arg1[1] = "type"; 
+  arg1[0] = (char *) "exclude"; 
+  arg1[1] = (char *) "type"; 
   char c0[20];
   char c1[20];