diff --git a/gtsam/linear/Scatter.cpp b/gtsam/linear/Scatter.cpp
index 2602e08ba..942b42160 100644
--- a/gtsam/linear/Scatter.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/linear/Scatter.cpp
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
  * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 /**
- * @file    HessianFactor.cpp
+ * @file    Scatter.cpp
  * @author  Richard Roberts
- * @date    Dec 8, 2010
+ * @author  Frank Dellaert
+ * @date    June 2015
  */
 
 #include <gtsam/linear/GaussianFactorGraph.h>
diff --git a/gtsam/linear/Scatter.h b/gtsam/linear/Scatter.h
index e1df2d658..7a37ba1e0 100644
--- a/gtsam/linear/Scatter.h
+++ b/gtsam/linear/Scatter.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * @brief   Maps global variable indices to slot indices
  * @author  Richard Roberts
  * @author  Frank Dellaert
- * @date    Dec 8, 2010
+ * @date    June 2015
  */
 
 #pragma once
diff --git a/gtsam/nonlinear/LevenbergMarquardtOptimizer.h b/gtsam/nonlinear/LevenbergMarquardtOptimizer.h
index 315e95512..e5561af48 100644
--- a/gtsam/nonlinear/LevenbergMarquardtOptimizer.h
+++ b/gtsam/nonlinear/LevenbergMarquardtOptimizer.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public:
 
 public:
 
-  double lambdaInitial; ///< The initial Levenberg-Marquardt damping term (default: 1e-4)
+  double lambdaInitial; ///< The initial Levenberg-Marquardt damping term (default: 1e-5)
   double lambdaFactor; ///< The amount by which to multiply or divide lambda when adjusting lambda (default: 10.0)
   double lambdaUpperBound; ///< The maximum lambda to try before assuming the optimization has failed (default: 1e5)
   double lambdaLowerBound; ///< The minimum lambda used in LM (default: 0)