diff --git a/src/pulsecore/core.c b/src/pulsecore/core.c
index b0f231498..e461963fc 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/core.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/core.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pa_core* pa_core_new(pa_mainloop_api *m, bool shared, size_t shm_size) {
 
     if (shared) {
         if (!(pool = pa_mempool_new(shared, shm_size))) {
-            pa_log_warn("failed to allocate shared memory pool. Falling back to a normal memory pool.");
+            pa_log_warn("Failed to allocate shared memory pool. Falling back to a normal memory pool.");
             shared = false;
         }
     }
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ pa_core* pa_core_new(pa_mainloop_api *m, bool shared, size_t shm_size) {
     pa_silence_cache_init(&c->silence_cache);
 
     if (shared && !(c->rw_mempool = pa_mempool_new(shared, shm_size)))
-        pa_log_warn("failed to allocate shared writable memory pool.");
+        pa_log_warn("Failed to allocate shared writable memory pool.");
     if (c->rw_mempool)
         pa_mempool_set_is_remote_writable(c->rw_mempool, true);
 
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/creds.h b/src/pulsecore/creds.h
index f09b35e80..06806bc0f 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/creds.h
+++ b/src/pulsecore/creds.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <pulsecore/socket.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
-#define MAX_ANCIL_FDS (2)
+#define MAX_ANCIL_FDS 2
 
 typedef struct pa_creds pa_creds;
 typedef struct pa_ancil pa_ancil;
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/srbchannel.c b/src/pulsecore/srbchannel.c
index 5fe222055..87eeae0bd 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/srbchannel.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/srbchannel.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ size_t pa_srbchannel_read(pa_srbchannel *sr, void *data, size_t l) {
         memcpy(data, ptr, toread);
         if (pa_ringbuffer_drop(&sr->rb_read, toread)) {
 #ifdef DEBUG_SRBCHANNEL
-            pa_log("read from full output buffer, signalling fdsem");
+            pa_log("Read from full output buffer, signalling fdsem");
 #endif
             pa_fdsem_post(sr->sem_write);
         }