diff --git a/libvips/foreign/vipsload.c b/libvips/foreign/vipsload.c
index f5edce27..73d5a290 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/vipsload.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/vipsload.c
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ vips_foreign_load_vips_source_init( VipsForeignLoadVipsSource *source )
 {
 }
 
-
 /**
  * vips_vipsload:
  * @filename: file to load
diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/buf.c b/libvips/iofuncs/buf.c
index 69709c8d..f3b08c2e 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/buf.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/buf.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ vips_buf_removec( VipsBuf *buf, char ch )
  * @ap: arguments to format string
  *
  * Append to @buf, args as <function>vprintf()</function>.
- * 
+ *
  * Returns: %FALSE on overflow, %TRUE otherwise.
  */
 gboolean
diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/image.c b/libvips/iofuncs/image.c
index 29f92d3b..ce2303e8 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/image.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/image.c
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ vips_image_set_progress( VipsImage *image, gboolean progress )
 			image, image->filename );
 		image->progress_signal = image;
 	}
-	else
+	else if( !progress )
 		image->progress_signal = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/object.c b/libvips/iofuncs/object.c
index e8495c51..1ee34307 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/object.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/object.c
@@ -3084,7 +3084,7 @@ vips_object_local_array_cb( VipsObject *parent, VipsObjectLocal *local )
  * |[
  * VipsObject **t;
  *
- * t = vips_object_local_array( a, 5 );
+ * t = vips_object_local_array( parent, 5 );
  * if( 
  *   vips_add( a, b, &t[0], NULL ) ||
  *   vips_invert( t[0], &t[1], NULL ) ||