diff --git a/src/edt/edt/gsiDeclEdt.cc b/src/edt/edt/gsiDeclEdt.cc
index 0b69c807f..9af7a6e8c 100644
--- a/src/edt/edt/gsiDeclEdt.cc
+++ b/src/edt/edt/gsiDeclEdt.cc
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ gsi::Class<lay::ObjectInstPath> decl_ObjectInstPath ("lay", "ObjectInstPath",
     "\n"
     "This method has been introduced in version 0.24."
   ) + 
-  gsi::method ("shape", (db::Shape &(lay::ObjectInstPath::*) ()) &lay::ObjectInstPath::shape, 
+  gsi::method ("shape", (const db::Shape &(lay::ObjectInstPath::*) () const) &lay::ObjectInstPath::shape,
     "@brief Gets the shape object that describes the selected shape geometrically\n"
     "\n"
     "This method delivers valid results only for object selections that represent shapes, i.e for "
diff --git a/src/pya/pya/pyaHelpers.cc b/src/pya/pya/pyaHelpers.cc
index 399c26776..284d8754a 100644
--- a/src/pya/pya/pyaHelpers.cc
+++ b/src/pya/pya/pyaHelpers.cc
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ pya_plain_iterator_next (PyObject *self)
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  //  increment on first visit
+  //  increment except on first visit
   if (! iter->first) {
     iter->iter->inc ();
   }