diff --git a/libvips/create/black.c b/libvips/create/black.c
index 9c4ad4a1..83ac451c 100644
--- a/libvips/create/black.c
+++ b/libvips/create/black.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* im_black.c
+/* black.c
  *
  * Copyright: 1990, J. Cupitt
  *
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ vips_black_init( VipsBlack *black )
  *
  * Make a black unsigned char image of a specified size.
  *
- * See also: im_make_xy(), im_text(), im_gaussnoise().
+ * See also: vips_xyz(), vips_text(), vips_gaussnoise().
  *
  * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
  */
diff --git a/libvips/create/gaussmat.c b/libvips/create/gaussmat.c
index 802468ce..667bd076 100644
--- a/libvips/create/gaussmat.c
+++ b/libvips/create/gaussmat.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ vips_gaussmat_init( VipsGaussmat *gaussmat )
  *
  * "scale" is set to the sum of all the mask elements.
  *
- * See also: im_log_dmask(), vips_conv().
+ * See also: vips_logmat(), vips_conv().
  *
  * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
  */
diff --git a/libvips/create/gaussnoise.c b/libvips/create/gaussnoise.c
index ccbae21c..ba394dad 100644
--- a/libvips/create/gaussnoise.c
+++ b/libvips/create/gaussnoise.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ vips_gaussnoise_init( VipsGaussnoise *gaussnoise )
  * distribution. The noise distribution is created by averaging 12 random 
  * numbers with the appropriate weights.
  *
- * See also: vips_black(), im_make_xy(), im_text().
+ * See also: vips_black(), vips_xyz(), vips_text().
  *
  * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
  */
diff --git a/libvips/create/logmat.c b/libvips/create/logmat.c
index 2130cad7..09bcb6ef 100644
--- a/libvips/create/logmat.c
+++ b/libvips/create/logmat.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ vips_logmat_init( VipsLogmat *logmat )
  *
  * "scale" is set to the sum of all the mask elements.
  *
- * See also: vips_gauss(), vips_conv().
+ * See also: vips_gaussmat(), vips_conv().
  *
  * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
  */
diff --git a/libvips/create/text.c b/libvips/create/text.c
index bb53fb91..98b8fb33 100644
--- a/libvips/create/text.c
+++ b/libvips/create/text.c
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ vips_text_build( VipsObject *object )
 	text->bitmap.pitch = (text->bitmap.width + 3) & ~3;
 	text->bitmap.rows = height;
 	if( !(text->bitmap.buffer = 
-		im_malloc( NULL, text->bitmap.pitch * text->bitmap.rows )) ) {
+		VIPS_ARRAY( NULL, 
+			text->bitmap.pitch * text->bitmap.rows, VipsPel )) ) {
 		g_mutex_unlock( vips_text_lock ); 
 		return( -1 );
 	}