diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/PeerGroup.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/PeerGroup.java
index 2dbf2d7d2..581b62b64 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/PeerGroup.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/PeerGroup.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class PeerGroup {
         // this is.
         this.versionMessage = new VersionMessage(params, chain.getBestChainHeight());
 
-        this.memoryPool = new MemoryPool();
+        memoryPool = new MemoryPool();
 
         inactives = new LinkedBlockingQueue<PeerAddress>();
         // TODO: Remove usage of synchronized sets here in favor of simple coarse-grained locking.
@@ -130,9 +130,6 @@ public class PeerGroup {
                 THREAD_KEEP_ALIVE_SECONDS, TimeUnit.SECONDS,
                 new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>(1),
                 new PeerGroupThreadFactory());
-        // peerEventListeners get a subset of events seen by the group. We add our own internal listener to this so
-        // when we download a transaction, we can distribute it to each Peer in the pool so they can update the
-        // transactions confidence level if they've seen it be announced/when they see it be announced.
         peerEventListeners = new ArrayList<PeerEventListener>();
         // This event listener is added to every peer. It's here so when we announce transactions via an "inv", every
         // peer can fetch them.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/Wallet.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/Wallet.java
index 463f30656..fcc72e22f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/Wallet.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/Wallet.java
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ public class Wallet implements Serializable {
     private transient PeerEventListener peerEventListener;
 
     /**
-     * Use the returned object can be used to connect the wallet to a {@link Peer} or {@link PeerGroup} in order to
+     * The returned object can be used to connect the wallet to a {@link Peer} or {@link PeerGroup} in order to
      * receive and process blocks and transactions.
      */
     public synchronized PeerEventListener getPeerEventListener() {