diff --git a/lib/curl_sasl.c b/lib/curl_sasl.c
index 343a1bb5dad15c5b595d7f930d4636b7959a18e3..e9a3c18d6c06adf290fb3d273fd8c9ef73e1a1e8 100644
--- a/lib/curl_sasl.c
+++ b/lib/curl_sasl.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_sasl_create_plain_message(struct SessionHandle *data,
  * Parameters:
  *
  * data    [in]     - The session handle.
- * userp   [in]     - The user name.
+ * valuep  [in]     - The user name or user's password.
  * outptr  [in/out] - The address where a pointer to newly allocated memory
  *                    holding the result will be stored upon completion.
  * outlen  [out]    - The length of the output message.
diff --git a/lib/curl_sasl.h b/lib/curl_sasl.h
index f1b104f30c8c2f7aa66cea3c2f980a3dcf7550f6..572eaed748b9972b909b43bff9397eed59e8e00e 100644
--- a/lib/curl_sasl.h
+++ b/lib/curl_sasl.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_sasl_create_ntlm_type1_message(const char *userp,
 /* This is used to decode an incoming NTLM type-2 message and generate a
    base64 encoded type-3 response */
 CURLcode Curl_sasl_decode_ntlm_type2_message(struct SessionHandle *data,
-                                             const char *type2msg,
+                                             const char *header,
                                              const char *userp,
                                              const char *passwdp,
                                              struct ntlmdata *ntlm,