diff --git a/bin/daemon.php b/bin/daemon.php
index f0154e74e8..eb342c4573 100755
--- a/bin/daemon.php
+++ b/bin/daemon.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?php
 /**
  * @file bin/daemon.php
- * @brief Run the worker from a daemon.
+ * Run the worker from a daemon.
  *
  * This script was taken from http://php.net/manual/en/function.pcntl-fork.php
  */
diff --git a/src/Core/L10n.php b/src/Core/L10n.php
index 0238af3bd1..10cfed6e84 100644
--- a/src/Core/L10n.php
+++ b/src/Core/L10n.php
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class L10n
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @brief Returns the preferred language from the HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE header
+	 * Returns the preferred language from the HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE header
 	 *
 	 * @param string $sysLang The default fallback language
 	 * @param array  $server  The $_SERVER array
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
index 2dda8db5b5..a398064ad9 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ class Diaspora
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @brief: Decodes incoming Diaspora message in the new format
+	 * Decodes incoming Diaspora message in the new format
 	 *
 	 * @param string  $raw      raw post message
 	 * @param string  $privKey   The private key of the importer
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ class Diaspora
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @brief: Decodes incoming Diaspora message in the deprecated format
+	 * Decodes incoming Diaspora message in the deprecated format
 	 *
 	 * @param string $xml      urldecoded Diaspora salmon
 	 * @param string $privKey  The private key of the importer
diff --git a/src/Util/Arrays.php b/src/Util/Arrays.php
index f4f53245da..e2ba412ca6 100644
--- a/src/Util/Arrays.php
+++ b/src/Util/Arrays.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Arrays
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @briefs Implodes recursively a multi-dimensional array where a normal implode() will fail.
+	 * Implodes recursively a multi-dimensional array where a normal implode() will fail.
 	 *
 	 * @param array  $array Array to implode
 	 * @param string $glue  Glue for imploded elements
diff --git a/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php b/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
index e012890028..a0be83c9ac 100644
--- a/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
+++ b/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ class HTTPSignature
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @brief
-	 *
 	 * @param array   $head
 	 * @param string  $prvkey
 	 * @param string  $keyid (optional, default 'Key')
@@ -145,8 +143,6 @@ class HTTPSignature
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @brief
-	 *
 	 * @param array  $head
 	 * @param string $prvkey
 	 * @param string $alg (optional) default 'sha256'
@@ -178,8 +174,6 @@ class HTTPSignature
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @brief
-	 *
 	 * @param string $header
 	 * @return array associate array with
 	 *   - \e string \b keyID
@@ -224,8 +218,6 @@ class HTTPSignature
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @brief
-	 *
 	 * @param string $header
 	 * @param string $prvkey (optional), if not set use site private key
 	 *
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/php/scheme.php b/view/theme/frio/php/scheme.php
index 56e55a0157..d2c209d64f 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/php/scheme.php
+++ b/view/theme/frio/php/scheme.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 /**
- * @brief: Get info header of the scheme
+ * Get info header of the scheme
  *
  * This function parses the header of the schemename.php file for informations like
  * Author, Description and Overwrites. Most of the code comes from the Addon::getInfo()
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/theme.php b/view/theme/frio/theme.php
index ccc4d1c85e..e0ec910d42 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/theme.php
+++ b/view/theme/frio/theme.php
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ function frio_remote_nav($a, &$nav)
 }
 
 /**
- * @brief: Search for contacts
+ * Search for contacts
  *
  * This function search for a users contacts. The code is copied from contact search
  * in /src/Module/Contact.php. With this function the contacts will permitted to acl_lookup()