diff --git a/src/cairo-scaled-font.c b/src/cairo-scaled-font.c
index fa597cbbc..a2271f3cd 100644
--- a/src/cairo-scaled-font.c
+++ b/src/cairo-scaled-font.c
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@ _cairo_scaled_glyph_set_path (cairo_scaled_glyph_t *scaled_glyph,
  * @scaled_glyph_ret: a #cairo_scaled_glyph_t * where the glyph
  * is returned.
  *
- * Returns a glyph with the requested portions filled in. Glyph
+ * Returns: a glyph with the requested portions filled in. Glyph
  * lookup is cached and glyph will be automatically freed along
  * with the scaled_font so no explicit free is required.
  * @info can be one or more of:
diff --git a/src/cairo-surface.c b/src/cairo-surface.c
index 9716c06e3..38be10992 100644
--- a/src/cairo-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-surface.c
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ slim_hidden_def (cairo_surface_show_page);
  * _cairo_surface_get_current_clip_serial:
  * @surface: the #cairo_surface_t to return the serial number for
  *
- * Returns the serial number associated with the current
+ * Returns: the serial number associated with the current
  * clip in the surface.  All gstate functions must
  * verify that the correct clip is set in the surface before
  * invoking any surface drawing function
diff --git a/src/cairo.c b/src/cairo.c
index 6ab384efd..5bbc53a56 100644
--- a/src/cairo.c
+++ b/src/cairo.c
@@ -3229,7 +3229,7 @@ cairo_get_antialias (cairo_t *cr)
  * Some functions unset the current path and as a result, current point:
  * cairo_fill(), cairo_stroke().
  *
- * Returns CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS if current point was successfully
+ * Returns: CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS if current point was successfully
  * retrieved.  Otherwise, if @cr has been in an error status, that status
  * is returned, otherwise CAIRO_STATUS_NO_CURRENT_POINT is returned if
  * no current point exists.  In all error cases, both @x and @y will be
@@ -3565,7 +3565,7 @@ cairo_append_path (cairo_t		*cr,
  *
  * Checks whether an error has previously occurred for this context.
  *
- * Returns the current status of this context, see #cairo_status_t
+ * Returns: the current status of this context, see #cairo_status_t
  **/
 cairo_status_t
 cairo_status (cairo_t *cr)
@@ -3580,7 +3580,7 @@ slim_hidden_def (cairo_status);
  *
  * Provides a human-readable description of a #cairo_status_t.
  *
- * Returns a string representation of the status
+ * Returns: a string representation of the status
  */
 const char *
 cairo_status_to_string (cairo_status_t status)