diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 4b32322a67..912bddd7b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ OPTIONS
 Examples
 --------
 
-git grep 'time_t' -- '*.[ch]'::
+git grep 'time_t' \-- '*.[ch]'::
 	Looks for `time_t` in all tracked .c and .h files in the working
 	directory and its subdirectories.
 
diff --git a/block-sha1/sha1.c b/block-sha1/sha1.c
index d8934757a5..d880a5336e 100644
--- a/block-sha1/sha1.c
+++ b/block-sha1/sha1.c
@@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ void blk_SHA1_Init(blk_SHA_CTX *ctx)
 
 void blk_SHA1_Update(blk_SHA_CTX *ctx, const void *data, unsigned long len)
 {
-	int lenW = ctx->size & 63;
+	unsigned int lenW = ctx->size & 63;
 
 	ctx->size += len;
 
 	/* Read the data into W and process blocks as they get full */
 	if (lenW) {
-		int left = 64 - lenW;
+		unsigned int left = 64 - lenW;
 		if (len < left)
 			left = len;
 		memcpy(lenW + (char *)ctx->W, data, left);
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ void blk_SHA1_Final(unsigned char hashout[20], blk_SHA_CTX *ctx)
 	int i;
 
 	/* Pad with a binary 1 (ie 0x80), then zeroes, then length */
-	padlen[0] = htonl(ctx->size >> 29);
-	padlen[1] = htonl(ctx->size << 3);
+	padlen[0] = htonl((uint32_t)(ctx->size >> 29));
+	padlen[1] = htonl((uint32_t)(ctx->size << 3));
 
 	i = ctx->size & 63;
 	blk_SHA1_Update(ctx, pad, 1+ (63 & (55 - i)));
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index b614d12b9f..1054c6e295 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ struct notes_rewrite_cfg {
 	struct notes_tree **trees;
 	const char *cmd;
 	int enabled;
-	combine_notes_fn *combine;
+	combine_notes_fn combine;
 	struct string_list *refs;
 	int refs_from_env;
 	int mode_from_env;
 };
 
-combine_notes_fn *parse_combine_notes_fn(const char *v);
+combine_notes_fn parse_combine_notes_fn(const char *v);
 struct notes_rewrite_cfg *init_copy_notes_for_rewrite(const char *cmd);
 int copy_note_for_rewrite(struct notes_rewrite_cfg *c,
 			  const unsigned char *from_obj, const unsigned char *to_obj);
diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c
index 648033c27e..f1f53a80e1 100644
--- a/builtin/notes.c
+++ b/builtin/notes.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ int commit_notes(struct notes_tree *t, const char *msg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-combine_notes_fn *parse_combine_notes_fn(const char *v)
+combine_notes_fn parse_combine_notes_fn(const char *v)
 {
 	if (!strcasecmp(v, "overwrite"))
 		return combine_notes_overwrite;
diff --git a/notes.h b/notes.h
index cc2dff22a1..65fc3a66b2 100644
--- a/notes.h
+++ b/notes.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * combine_notes_concatenate(), which appends the contents of the new note to
  * the contents of the existing note.
  */
-typedef int combine_notes_fn(unsigned char *cur_sha1, const unsigned char *new_sha1);
+typedef int (*combine_notes_fn)(unsigned char *cur_sha1, const unsigned char *new_sha1);
 
 /* Common notes combinators */
 int combine_notes_concatenate(unsigned char *cur_sha1, const unsigned char *new_sha1);
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ extern struct notes_tree {
 	struct int_node *root;
 	struct non_note *first_non_note, *prev_non_note;
 	char *ref;
-	combine_notes_fn *combine_notes;
+	combine_notes_fn combine_notes;
 	int initialized;
 	int dirty;
 } default_notes_tree;