diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/Mat_meat.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/Mat_meat.hpp
index 8f1a7db2..2fd9b1fa 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/Mat_meat.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/Mat_meat.hpp
@@ -2669,12 +2669,12 @@ Mat<eT>::operator/=(const SpBase<eT, T1>& m)
   {
   arma_extra_debug_sigprint();
   
+  // NOTE: use of this function is not advised; it is implemented only for completeness 
+  
   const SpProxy<T1> p(m.get_ref());
   
   arma_debug_assert_same_size(n_rows, n_cols, p.get_n_rows(), p.get_n_cols(), "element-wise division");
   
-  // If you use this method, you are probably stupid or misguided, but for completeness it is implemented.
-  // Unfortunately the best way to do this is loop over every element.
   for(uword c = 0; c < n_cols; ++c)
   for(uword r = 0; r < n_rows; ++r)
     {
diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/SpMat_meat.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/SpMat_meat.hpp
index 5862f1aa..5100a90c 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/SpMat_meat.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/SpMat_meat.hpp
@@ -778,16 +778,14 @@ SpMat<eT>::operator/=(const SpMat<eT>& x)
   {
   arma_extra_debug_sigprint();
   
+  // NOTE: use of this function is not advised; it is implemented only for completeness
+  
   arma_debug_assert_same_size(n_rows, n_cols, x.n_rows, x.n_cols, "element-wise division");
   
-  // If you use this method, you are probably stupid or misguided,
-  // but for compatibility with Mat, we have implemented it anyway.
   for(uword c = 0; c < n_cols; ++c)
+  for(uword r = 0; r < n_rows; ++r)
     {
-    for(uword r = 0; r < n_rows; ++r)
-      {
-      at(r, c) /= x.at(r, c);
-      }
+    at(r, c) /= x.at(r, c);
     }
   
   return *this;
diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/SpSubview_meat.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/SpSubview_meat.hpp
index 7e5bbb7f..e05b7239 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/SpSubview_meat.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/SpSubview_meat.hpp
@@ -476,7 +476,6 @@ SpSubview<eT>::operator%=(const SpBase<eT, T1>& x)
 
 
 
-//! If you are using this function, you are probably misguided.
 template<typename eT>
 template<typename T1>
 inline
@@ -485,6 +484,8 @@ SpSubview<eT>::operator/=(const SpBase<eT, T1>& x)
   {
   arma_extra_debug_sigprint();
   
+  // NOTE: use of this function is not advised; it is implemented only for completeness
+  
   SpProxy<T1> p(x.get_ref());
   
   arma_debug_assert_same_size(n_rows, n_cols, p.get_n_rows(), p.get_n_cols(), "element-wise division");
diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/sp_auxlib_meat.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/sp_auxlib_meat.hpp
index d08a0762..917927cb 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/sp_auxlib_meat.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/sp_auxlib_meat.hpp
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ sp_auxlib::spsolve_refine(Mat<typename T1::elem_type>& X, typename T1::pod_type&
     
     // We have to actually create the object which stores the data.
     // This gets cleaned by destroy_supermatrix().
-    // We have to use SuperLU's stupid memory allocation routines since they are
+    // We have to use SuperLU's problematic memory allocation routines since they are
     // not guaranteed to be new and delete.  See the comments in def_superlu.hpp
     superlu::NCformat* nc = (superlu::NCformat*)superlu::malloc(sizeof(superlu::NCformat));