diff --git a/gtk/gtkcellarea.c b/gtk/gtkcellarea.c
index fcf550ef82..184ac50c36 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcellarea.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcellarea.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /**
  * SECTION:gtkcellarea
- * @Short_Description: An abstract class for laying out #GtkCellRenderers
+ * @Short_Description: An abstract class for laying out GtkCellRenderers
  * @Title: GtkCellArea
  *
  * The #GtkCellArea is an abstract class for #GtkCellLayout widgets (also referred 
diff --git a/gtk/gtkcellareabox.c b/gtk/gtkcellareabox.c
index e21bb0c9e9..b1818ec919 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcellareabox.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcellareabox.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 /**
  * SECTION:gtkcellareabox
- * @Short_Description: A cell area that renders #GtkCellRenderers into a row or a column
+ * @Short_Description: A cell area that renders GtkCellRenderers into a row or a column
  * @Title: GtkCellAreaBox
  *
  * The #GtkCellAreaBox renders cell renderers into a row or a column depending on
diff --git a/gtk/gtkcellareacontext.c b/gtk/gtkcellareacontext.c
index f3c14b00dd..44c718aa1c 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcellareacontext.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcellareacontext.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /**
  * SECTION:gtkcellareacontext
- * @Short_Description: An object for a #GtkCellArea to store geometrical information for a series of rows.
+ * @Short_Description: An object for a GtkCellArea to store geometrical information for a series of rows.
  * @Title: GtkCellAreaContext
  *
  * The #GtkCellAreaContext object is created by a given #GtkCellArea implementation via it's