diff --git a/plugins/changeitem.cpp b/plugins/changeitem.cpp
index 6a300f3b0..dde4fa869 100644
--- a/plugins/changeitem.cpp
+++ b/plugins/changeitem.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const string changeitem_help =
     "  quality, q   - change base quality. must be followed by number (0-5)\n"
     "  force        - ignore subtypes, force change to new material.\n"
     "Example:\n"
-    "  changeitem m INORGANIC:GRANITE here"
+    "  changeitem m INORGANIC:GRANITE here\n"
     "    change material of all items under the cursor to granite\n"
     "  changeitem q 5\n"
     "    change currently selected item to masterpiece quality\n";
diff --git a/plugins/changelayer.cpp b/plugins/changelayer.cpp
index 77b084404..d56360d83 100644
--- a/plugins/changelayer.cpp
+++ b/plugins/changelayer.cpp
@@ -84,10 +84,8 @@ command_result changelayer (color_ostream &out, std::vector <std::string> & para
 
 DFHACK_PLUGIN("changelayer");
 
-// Mandatory init function. If you have some global state, create it here.
 DFhackCExport command_result plugin_init ( color_ostream &out, std::vector <PluginCommand> &commands)
 {
-    // Fill the command list with your commands.
     commands.push_back(PluginCommand(
         "changelayer", "Change a whole geology layer.",
         changelayer, false, /* true means that the command can't be used from non-interactive user interface */
@@ -97,12 +95,8 @@ DFhackCExport command_result plugin_init ( color_ostream &out, std::vector <Plug
     return CR_OK;
 }
 
-// This is called right before the plugin library is removed from memory.
 DFhackCExport command_result plugin_shutdown ( color_ostream &out )
 {
-    // You *MUST* kill all threads you created before this returns.
-    // If everything fails, just return CR_FAILURE. Your plugin will be
-    // in a zombie state, but things won't crash.
     return CR_OK;
 }