diff --git a/src/business/business-gnome/dialog-invoice.c b/src/business/business-gnome/dialog-invoice.c
index 59705a4778..ec0f9601ac 100644
--- a/src/business/business-gnome/dialog-invoice.c
+++ b/src/business/business-gnome/dialog-invoice.c
@@ -3143,6 +3143,8 @@ gnc_invoice_show_bills_due (QofBook *book, double days_in_advance)
     /* Create the param list (in reverse order) */
     if (param_list == NULL)
     {
+        /* Translators: This abbreviation is the column heading for
+	   the condition "Is this invoice a Credit Note?" */
         param_list = gnc_search_param_prepend (param_list, _("CN?"), NULL, type,
                                                INVOICE_IS_CN, NULL);
         param_list = gnc_search_param_prepend (param_list, _("Amount"), NULL, type,
diff --git a/src/business/business-gnome/gschemas/org.gnucash.dialogs.business.gschema.xml.in.in b/src/business/business-gnome/gschemas/org.gnucash.dialogs.business.gschema.xml.in.in
index 0eb9cf651a..528b6442f3 100644
--- a/src/business/business-gnome/gschemas/org.gnucash.dialogs.business.gschema.xml.in.in
+++ b/src/business/business-gnome/gschemas/org.gnucash.dialogs.business.gschema.xml.in.in
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     </key>
     <key name="invoice-printreport" type="i">
       <default>0</default>
-      <summary>The invoice report to be used for printing</summary>
+      <summary>The invoice report to be used for printing.</summary>
       <description>The name of the report to be used for invoice printing.</description>
     </key>
     <key name="use-new-window" type="b">
diff --git a/src/gnome/assistant-acct-period.c b/src/gnome/assistant-acct-period.c
index 1ea8697b2e..f2ee55daa4 100644
--- a/src/gnome/assistant-acct-period.c
+++ b/src/gnome/assistant-acct-period.c
@@ -400,12 +400,12 @@ void
 ap_assistant_apply_prepare (GtkAssistant *assistant, gpointer user_data)
 {
     AcctPeriodInfo *info = user_data;
-    const char *apply_text;
     const char *btitle;
     char *str;
-    apply_text =
-        _("The book will be created with the title %s when you\n\n"
-          "Click on 'Apply', Click on 'Back' to adjust or 'Cancel'.");
+    const char *apply_text =
+        _("The book will be created with the title %s when you "
+          "click on 'Apply'. Click on 'Back' to adjust, "
+	  "or 'Cancel' to not create any book.");
 
     btitle = gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY(info->book_title));
     str = g_strdup_printf (apply_text, btitle);
diff --git a/src/gnome/gschemas/org.gnucash.window.pages.gschema.xml.in.in b/src/gnome/gschemas/org.gnucash.window.pages.gschema.xml.in.in
index 4abf11ecbe..0bcf7545a7 100644
--- a/src/gnome/gschemas/org.gnucash.window.pages.gschema.xml.in.in
+++ b/src/gnome/gschemas/org.gnucash.window.pages.gschema.xml.in.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <key name="account-code-visible" type="b">
       <default>false</default>
       <summary>Display this column</summary>
-      <description>This setting controls wether the given column will be visible in the view. TRUE means visible, FALSE means hidden.</description>
+      <description>This setting controls whether the given column will be visible in the view. TRUE means visible, FALSE means hidden.</description>
     </key>
     <key name="account-code-width" type="i">
       <default>0</default>