diff --git a/code/plastic_phenoplus.f90 b/code/plastic_phenoplus.f90
index 618ec12ac..83a27fbde 100644
--- a/code/plastic_phenoplus.f90
+++ b/code/plastic_phenoplus.f90
@@ -852,8 +852,7 @@ subroutine plastic_phenoplus_microstructure(orientation,ipc,ip,el)
    neighbor_of          = mappingConstitutive(1, neighbor_n, neighbor_ip, neighbor_el)
    neighbor_ph          = mappingConstitutive(2, neighbor_n, neighbor_ip, neighbor_el)
    neighbor_orientation = orientation(1:4, neighbor_n, neighbor_ip, neighbor_el)          !ipc is always 1.
-   absMisorientation    = lattice_qDisorientation(my_orientation, &
-                                                  neighbor_orientation)                   !no need for explicit calculation of symmetry
+   absMisorientation    = lattice_qDisorientation(my_orientation,neighbor_orientation)    !no need for explicit calculation of symmetry
    !***only perform m' calculation for neighbor with the same phase
    if (ph==neighbor_ph) then
     loopNeighborSlip: do ne_slip=1_pInt,ns                                                !assuming all have the same slip systems here
diff --git a/examples/SpectralMethod/Makefile b/examples/SpectralMethod/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index da1fa81f6..000000000
--- a/examples/SpectralMethod/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-SHELL = /bin/sh
-run16x16x16:
-	-@${MPIEXEC} -n 2 DAMASK_spectral -l tensionX.load -g 20grains16x16x16.geom
-
-run32x32x32:
-	-@${MPIEXEC} -n 4 DAMASK_spectral -l tensionX.load -g 20grains32x32x32.geom
-
-run64x64x64:
-	-@${MPIEXEC} -n 8 DAMASK_spectral -l tensionX.load -g 20grains64x64x64.geom
-
diff --git a/processing/post/postResults.py b/processing/post/postResults.py
index db9801c48..dc22359bb 100755
--- a/processing/post/postResults.py
+++ b/processing/post/postResults.py
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ of already processed data points for evaluation.
 parser.add_option('-i','--info', action='store_true', dest='info', \
                   help='list contents of resultfile [%default]')
 parser.add_option('-l','--legacy', action='store_true', dest='legacy', \
-                  help='legacy data format for spectral solver (no MPI out) [%default]')
+                  help='data format of spectral solver is in legacy format (no MPI out)')
 parser.add_option('-n','--nodal', action='store_true', dest='nodal', \
                   help='data is extrapolated to nodal value [%default]')
 parser.add_option(    '--prefix', dest='prefix', \
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ parser.add_option('-r','--range', dest='range', type='int', nargs=3, \
 parser.add_option('--increments', action='store_true', dest='getIncrements', \
                   help='switch to increment range [%default]')
 parser.add_option('-m','--map', dest='func', \
-                  help='data reduction mapping ["%default"] out of min, max, avg, avgabs, sum, sumabs or user-lambda')
+                  help='data reduction mapping [%default] out of min, max, avg, avgabs, sum, sumabs or user-lambda')
 parser.add_option('-p','--type', dest='filetype', \
                   help = 'type of result file [auto]')