diff --git a/api/fedora_item.inc b/api/fedora_item.inc
index 07fa7ec2..06f65698 100644
--- a/api/fedora_item.inc
+++ b/api/fedora_item.inc
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 /**
  * @file 
- * 
- */
-/**
- * @file
  * Fedora Item
  */
 define('RELS_EXT_URI', 'info:fedora/fedora-system:def/relations-external#');
diff --git a/api/fedora_utils.inc b/api/fedora_utils.inc
index 1991e84c..0bbd110f 100644
--- a/api/fedora_utils.inc
+++ b/api/fedora_utils.inc
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@
  * Base utilities used by the Islandora fedora module.
  */
 
-/*
- * Functions that emulate php5.3 functionality for backwards compatiablity
- */
 if (!function_exists('str_getcsv')) {
 
+  /**
+   * Functions that emulate php5.3 functionality for backwards compatiablity
+   * @param type $input
+   * @param type $delimiter
+   * @param type $enclosure
+   * @param type $escape
+   * @param type $eol
+   * @return type 
+   */
   function str_getcsv($input, $delimiter=',', $enclosure='"', $escape=NULL, $eol=NULL) {
     $temp = fopen("php://memory", "rw");
     fwrite($temp, $input);
@@ -23,14 +29,6 @@ if (!function_exists('str_getcsv')) {
 
 }
 
-/*
- * Functions that emulate php5.3 functionality for backwards compatiablity
- */
-
-/*
- * Static functions used by the Fedora PHP API.
- */
-
 /**
  * do curl
  * @global type $user