diff --git a/src/Profile.cpp b/src/Profile.cpp
index fbf4bc3b1..1fcaf671d 100644
--- a/src/Profile.cpp
+++ b/src/Profile.cpp
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ bool KDE3ProfileReader::readProfile(const QString& path , Profile::Ptr profile ,
         return false;
 
     // KDE 3 profiles do not have parents
-    parentProfile = QString();
+    parentProfile.clear();
 
     KDesktopFile* desktopFile = new KDesktopFile(path);
     KConfigGroup* config = new KConfigGroup( desktopFile->desktopGroup() );
diff --git a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
index f50228a78..8ef1207ff 100644
--- a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
@@ -770,8 +770,8 @@ void TerminalDisplay::setCursorPos(const int curx, const int cury)
 void TerminalDisplay::scrollImage(int lines , const QRect& screenWindowRegion)
 {
 	// if the flow control warning is enabled this will interfere with the 
-	// scrolling optimisations and cause artifacts.  the simple solution here
-	// is to just disable the optimisation whilst it is visible
+	// scrolling optimizations and cause artifacts.  the simple solution here
+	// is to just disable the optimization whilst it is visible
 	if ( _outputSuspendedLabel && _outputSuspendedLabel->isVisible() )
 		return;