diff --git a/lisp/ob-sql.el b/lisp/ob-sql.el
index b9dd72bf0..68d5ddd0a 100644
--- a/lisp/ob-sql.el
+++ b/lisp/ob-sql.el
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ SQL Server on Windows and Linux platform."
              " "))
 
 (defun org-babel-sql-dbstring-vertica (host port user password database)
-  "Make Vertica command line args for database connection. Pass nil to omit that arg."
+  "Make Vertica command line args for database connection.
+Pass nil to omit that arg."
   (mapconcat #'identity
 	      (delq nil
 		    (list (when host     (format "-h %s" host))
diff --git a/lisp/ol-bbdb.el b/lisp/ol-bbdb.el
index 84537b123..01a1fe932 100644
--- a/lisp/ol-bbdb.el
+++ b/lisp/ol-bbdb.el
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ variable to be globally bound."
 ;;; to override the 7-day default.
 
 (defun org-bbdb-date-list (d n)
-  "Return a list of dates in (m d y) format from the given date D to n-1 days hence."
+  "Return list of dates in (m d y) format from the given date D to n-1 days hence."
   (let ((abs (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian d)))
     (mapcar (lambda (i) (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs i)))
 	    (number-sequence 0 (1- n)))))