diff --git a/FL/Fl_Text_Buffer.H b/FL/Fl_Text_Buffer.H
index f548f1e4e..e30979fb0 100644
--- a/FL/Fl_Text_Buffer.H
+++ b/FL/Fl_Text_Buffer.H
@@ -735,19 +735,13 @@ public:
    */
   const Fl_Text_Selection* highlight_selection() const { return &mHighlight; }
 
-  /**
-   Returns the index of the previous character.
-   \param ix index to the current character
-   */
-  int prev_char(int ix) const;
-  int prev_char_clipped(int ix) const;
+  // Returns the index of the previous character.
+  int prev_char(int pos) const;
+  int prev_char_clipped(int pos) const;
 
-  /**
-   Returns the index of the next character.
-   \param ix index to the current character
-   */
-  int next_char(int ix) const;
-  int next_char_clipped(int ix) const;
+  // Returns the index of the next character.
+  int next_char(int pos) const;
+  int next_char_clipped(int pos) const;
 
   /**
    Align an index into the buffer to the current or previous UTF-8 boundary.
diff --git a/src/Fl_Text_Buffer.cxx b/src/Fl_Text_Buffer.cxx
index 70d55728e..22b667d39 100644
--- a/src/Fl_Text_Buffer.cxx
+++ b/src/Fl_Text_Buffer.cxx
@@ -2092,14 +2092,16 @@ int Fl_Text_Buffer::prev_char_clipped(int pos) const
 
 
 /**
- Returns the index of the previous character.
- This function processes an emoji sequence (see \ref fl_utf8_next_composed_char) as a single character.
- Returns -1 if the beginning of the buffer is reached.
- \param pos index to the current character
- */
-int Fl_Text_Buffer::prev_char(int pos) const
-{
-  if (pos==0) return -1;
+  Returns the index of the previous character.
+  This function processes an emoji sequence (see \ref fl_utf8_next_composed_char)
+  as a single character.
+  \param[in] pos index of the current character
+  \return    index of the previous character
+  \retval -1 if the beginning of the buffer is reached.
+*/
+int Fl_Text_Buffer::prev_char(int pos) const {
+  if (pos == 0)
+    return -1;
   return prev_char_clipped(pos);
 }