diff --git a/gtk/gtklistheader.c b/gtk/gtklistheader.c
index 62cfd5b4c9..14f0c6ffcb 100644
--- a/gtk/gtklistheader.c
+++ b/gtk/gtklistheader.c
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
  * `GtkListHeader` is used by list widgets to represent the headers they
  * display.
  *
- * The `GtkListHeader`s are managed just like [class@gtk.ListItem]s via
- * their factory, but provide a different set of properties suitable for
- * managing the header instead of individual items.
+ * `GtkListHeader` objects are managed just like [class@Gtk.ListItem]
+ * objects via their factory, but provide a different set of properties suitable
+ * for managing the header instead of individual items.
  *
  * Since: 4.12
  */
diff --git a/gtk/gtklistitem.c b/gtk/gtklistitem.c
index a06a43a28d..bb07c1f832 100644
--- a/gtk/gtklistitem.c
+++ b/gtk/gtklistitem.c
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@
 /**
  * GtkListItem:
  *
- * `GtkListItem` is used by list widgets to represent items in a `GListModel`.
+ * `GtkListItem` is used by list widgets to represent items in a
+ * [iface@Gio.ListModel].
  *
- * The `GtkListItem`s are managed by the list widget (with its factory)
+ * `GtkListItem` objects are managed by the list widget (with its factory)
  * and cannot be created by applications, but they need to be populated
  * by application code. This is done by calling [method@Gtk.ListItem.set_child].
  *
- * `GtkListItem`s exist in 2 stages:
+ * `GtkListItem` objects exist in 2 stages:
  *
  * 1. The unbound stage where the listitem is not currently connected to
  *    an item in the list. In that case, the [property@Gtk.ListItem:item]
diff --git a/gtk/gtkoverlaylayout.c b/gtk/gtkoverlaylayout.c
index 33f8de7a20..176e9d5a7a 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkoverlaylayout.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkoverlaylayout.c
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
 /**
  * GtkOverlayLayout:
  *
- * `GtkOverlayLayout` is the layout manager used by `GtkOverlay`.
+ * `GtkOverlayLayout` is the layout manager used by [class@Gtk.Overlay].
  *
  * It places widgets as overlays on top of the main child.
  *
  * This is not a reusable layout manager, since it expects its widget
- * to be a `GtkOverlay`. It only listed here so that its layout
+ * to be a `GtkOverlay`. It is only listed here so that its layout
  * properties get documented.
  */