diff --git a/lib/private/appconfig.php b/lib/private/appconfig.php
index cdaaebb87e5dbc67d5244b36d7aeb49aa1bc66a5..cfb84309c67bbe5f9f2681c2269fed2bdda7a904 100644
--- a/lib/private/appconfig.php
+++ b/lib/private/appconfig.php
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ class AppConfig implements \OCP\IAppConfig {
 	/**
 	 * get multiply values, either the app or key can be used as wildcard by setting it to false
 	 *
-	 * @param boolean $app
-	 * @param string $key
+	 * @param string|false $app
+	 * @param string|false $key
 	 * @return array
 	 */
 	public function getValues($app, $key) {
diff --git a/lib/private/cache.php b/lib/private/cache.php
index a311f10a00fa4736136ab6a1e6bf3c5e3b7166d9..961270c334c36b77fa461a719e75cbdc23a0d459 100644
--- a/lib/private/cache.php
+++ b/lib/private/cache.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class Cache {
 
 	/**
 	 * creates cache key based on the files given
-	 * @param $files
+	 * @param string[] $files
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	static public function generateCacheKeyFromFiles($files) {
diff --git a/lib/private/contactsmanager.php b/lib/private/contactsmanager.php
index fc6745b450506b063afe027cb8f3578d2e53093d..1cb3da7098f89fa3916f97b6f776204b0c7be6fa 100644
--- a/lib/private/contactsmanager.php
+++ b/lib/private/contactsmanager.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace OC {
 		 * This function can be used to delete the contact identified by the given id
 		 *
 		 * @param object $id the unique identifier to a contact
-		 * @param $address_book_key
+		 * @param string $address_book_key identifier of the address book in which the contact shall be deleted
 		 * @return bool successful or not
 		 */
 		public function delete($id, $address_book_key) {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace OC {
 		 * Otherwise the contact will be updated by replacing the entire data set.
 		 *
 		 * @param array $properties this array if key-value-pairs defines a contact
-		 * @param $address_book_key string to identify the address book in which the contact shall be created or updated
+		 * @param string $address_book_key identifier of the address book in which the contact shall be created or updated
 		 * @return array representing the contact just created or updated
 		 */
 		public function createOrUpdate($properties, $address_book_key) {
diff --git a/lib/private/db.php b/lib/private/db.php
index cfdac766bffaf214457c45b0b393b17f0ca2425f..322a13642ae242ef8361f09946b7ac9f313a9fde 100644
--- a/lib/private/db.php
+++ b/lib/private/db.php
@@ -313,9 +313,8 @@ class OC_DB {
 
 	/**
 	 * @brief Insert a row if a matching row doesn't exists.
-	 * @param string $table. The table to insert into in the form '*PREFIX*tableName'
-	 * @param array $input. An array of fieldname/value pairs
-	 * @param string $table
+	 * @param string $table The table to insert into in the form '*PREFIX*tableName'
+	 * @param array $input An array of fieldname/value pairs
 	 * @return boolean number of updated rows
 	 */
 	public static function insertIfNotExist($table, $input) {
diff --git a/lib/private/image.php b/lib/private/image.php
index 17caaa012f5728f54ec57c75f821843b5284f88b..e0397ec8a00776c36bfdc9a4bf2ef41930168f6b 100644
--- a/lib/private/image.php
+++ b/lib/private/image.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class OC_Image {
 
 	/**
 	* @brief Get mime type for an image file.
-	* @param string|null $filepath The path to a local image file.
+	* @param string|null $filePath The path to a local image file.
 	* @returns string The mime type if the it could be determined, otherwise an empty string.
 	*/
 	static public function getMimeTypeForFile($filePath) {
diff --git a/lib/private/legacy/appconfig.php b/lib/private/legacy/appconfig.php
index b6c3542a673cc9c29972769d0f3a0df08d51c099..cb5cef7e350a889435322f4a3e4e0d771f7e739e 100644
--- a/lib/private/legacy/appconfig.php
+++ b/lib/private/legacy/appconfig.php
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ class OC_Appconfig {
 	/**
 	 * get multiply values, either the app or key can be used as wildcard by setting it to false
 	 *
-	 * @param app
-	 * @param key
 	 * @param string|false $app
 	 * @param string|false $key
 	 * @return array
diff --git a/lib/private/request.php b/lib/private/request.php
index afd3fda4f2d9ced5d77ec5d1ee2ce2a726948cf1..59a9e395e85d41595250030c67baa5978639f0c5 100755
--- a/lib/private/request.php
+++ b/lib/private/request.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class OC_Request {
 
 	/**
 	 * @brief Checks whether a domain is considered as trusted. This is used to prevent Host Header Poisoning.
-	 * @param string $host
+	 * @param string $domain
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public static function isTrustedDomain($domain) {
diff --git a/lib/private/share/mailnotifications.php b/lib/private/share/mailnotifications.php
index 360376294cc5f01345f1cc4c8efe5ee1b9f135c1..afbf35aa3973b153a54785eadfc398902ea66ab4 100644
--- a/lib/private/share/mailnotifications.php
+++ b/lib/private/share/mailnotifications.php
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class MailNotifications {
 
 	/**
 	 *
-	 * @param string $recipient user id
 	 * @param string $sender user id (if nothing is set we use the currently logged-in user)
 	 */
 	public function __construct($sender = null) {
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ class MailNotifications {
 	 * @param string $filename the shared file
 	 * @param string $link the public link
 	 * @param int $expiration expiration date (timestamp)
-	 * @return mixed $result true or error message
+	 * @return string|boolean $result true or error message
 	 */
 	public function sendLinkShareMail($recipient, $filename, $link, $expiration) {
 		$subject = (string)$this->l->t('%s shared »%s« with you', array($this->senderDisplayName, $filename));
diff --git a/lib/public/contacts/imanager.php b/lib/public/contacts/imanager.php
index 5b9d64ecc4125ddb32b9246ea9ed070053eb64e3..005b71f298bdfac8ee685b63d84f5e5c2b0195da 100644
--- a/lib/public/contacts/imanager.php
+++ b/lib/public/contacts/imanager.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace OCP\Contacts {
 		 * This function can be used to delete the contact identified by the given id
 		 *
 		 * @param object $id the unique identifier to a contact
-		 * @param   $address_book_key
+		 * @param string $address_book_key identifier of the address book in which the contact shall be deleted
 		 * @return bool successful or not
 		 */
 		function delete($id, $address_book_key);
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace OCP\Contacts {
 		 * Otherwise the contact will be updated by replacing the entire data set.
 		 *
 		 * @param array $properties this array if key-value-pairs defines a contact
-		 * @param   $address_book_key string to identify the address book in which the contact shall be created or updated
+		 * @param string $address_book_key identifier of the address book in which the contact shall be created or updated
 		 * @return array representing the contact just created or updated
 		 */
 		function createOrUpdate($properties, $address_book_key);
diff --git a/lib/public/iappconfig.php b/lib/public/iappconfig.php
index 1f31898bf2cd5142d6e941a4452dc7b1325a1139..2b014df2e420ded8bb221d7845c5948bb27d182c 100644
--- a/lib/public/iappconfig.php
+++ b/lib/public/iappconfig.php
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ interface IAppConfig {
 	/**
 	 * get multiply values, either the app or key can be used as wildcard by setting it to false
 	 *
-	 * @param app
-	 * @param key
-	 * @param string $key
+	 * @param string|false $key
+	 * @param string|false $app
 	 * @return array
 	 */
 	public function getValues($app, $key);
diff --git a/tests/lib/appframework/routing/RoutingTest.php b/tests/lib/appframework/routing/RoutingTest.php
index d0244cf2511784c0635dfe7e8b110499cdccf888..56e625fd1682307031b96e96335159fb687136bf 100644
--- a/tests/lib/appframework/routing/RoutingTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/appframework/routing/RoutingTest.php
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ class RouteConfigTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @param $verb
-	 * @param $controllerName
-	 * @param $actionName
+	 * @param string $verb
+	 * @param string $controllerName
+	 * @param string $actionName
 	 * @return \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
 	 */
 	private function mockRoute($verb, $controllerName, $actionName)
diff --git a/tests/lib/dbschema.php b/tests/lib/dbschema.php
index 11e9fcdf4fa9a5b4505a7446046420c5abe32b98..cfa2d6fd9aab0b7247798a79a24ccfe639719a79 100644
--- a/tests/lib/dbschema.php
+++ b/tests/lib/dbschema.php
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ class Test_DBSchema extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		$this->assertTableNotExist($this->table2);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param string $table
+	 */
 	public function tableExist($table) {
 
 		switch (OC_Config::getValue( 'dbtype', 'sqlite' )) {