diff --git a/src/base/construction.rs b/src/base/construction.rs
index 063f005d..b6c36735 100644
--- a/src/base/construction.rs
+++ b/src/base/construction.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ where
     }
 
     /// Creates a matrix with its elements filled with the components provided by a slice. The
-    /// components must have the same layout as the matrix data storage (i.e. row-major or column-major).
+    /// components must have the same layout as the matrix data storage (i.e. column-major).
     #[inline]
     pub fn from_column_slice_generic(nrows: R, ncols: C, slice: &[N]) -> Self {
         Self::from_iterator_generic(nrows, ncols, slice.iter().cloned())
diff --git a/src/geometry/isometry_alias.rs b/src/geometry/isometry_alias.rs
index 684db007..fba07e5e 100644
--- a/src/geometry/isometry_alias.rs
+++ b/src/geometry/isometry_alias.rs
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ use base::dimension::{U2, U3};
 
 use geometry::{Isometry, Rotation2, Rotation3, UnitComplex, UnitQuaternion};
 
-/// A 2-dimensional isometry using a unit complex number for its rotational part.
+/// A 2-dimensional direct isometry using a unit complex number for its rotational part.
 pub type Isometry2<N> = Isometry<N, U2, UnitComplex<N>>;
 
-/// A 3-dimensional isometry using a unit quaternion for its rotational part.
+/// A 3-dimensional direct isometry using a unit quaternion for its rotational part.
 pub type Isometry3<N> = Isometry<N, U3, UnitQuaternion<N>>;
 
-/// A 2-dimensional isometry using a rotation matrix for its rotational part.
+/// A 2-dimensional direct isometry using a rotation matrix for its rotational part.
 pub type IsometryMatrix2<N> = Isometry<N, U2, Rotation2<N>>;
 
-/// A 3-dimensional isometry using a rotation matrix for its rotational part.
+/// A 3-dimensional direct isometry using a rotation matrix for its rotational part.
 pub type IsometryMatrix3<N> = Isometry<N, U3, Rotation3<N>>;