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diff --git a/src/math/bigint/bigint.h b/src/math/bigint/bigint.h
index cd1aebf00..971a7cc2c 100644
--- a/src/math/bigint/bigint.h
+++ b/src/math/bigint/bigint.h
@@ -44,90 +44,96 @@ class BOTAN_DLL BigInt
{ DivideByZero() : Exception("BigInt divide by zero") {} };
/**
- * += Operator
+ * += operator
* @param y the BigInt to add to this
*/
BigInt& operator+=(const BigInt& y);
/**
- * -= Operator
+ * -= operator
* @param y the BigInt to subtract from this
*/
BigInt& operator-=(const BigInt& y);
/**
- * *= Operator
+ * *= operator
* @param y the BigInt to multiply with this
*/
BigInt& operator*=(const BigInt& y);
/**
- * /= Operator
+ * /= operator
* @param y the BigInt to divide this by
*/
BigInt& operator/=(const BigInt& y);
/**
- * %= Operator, modulo operator.
+ * %= operator, modulo operator.
* @param y the modulus to reduce this by
*/
BigInt& operator%=(const BigInt& y);
/**
- * %= Operator
+ * %= operator
* @param y the modulus (word) to reduce this by
*/
word operator%=(word y);
/**
- * <<= Operator
- * @param y the amount of bits to shift this left
+ * <<= operator
+ * @param y the number of bits to shift this left by
*/
BigInt& operator<<=(u32bit y);
/**
- * >>= Operator
- * @param y the amount of bits to shift this right
+ * >>= operator
+ * @param y the number of bits to shift this right by
*/
BigInt& operator>>=(u32bit y);
/**
- * ++ Operator
+ * Increment operator
*/
BigInt& operator++() { return (*this += 1); }
/**
- * -- Operator
+ * Decrement operator
*/
BigInt& operator--() { return (*this -= 1); }
/**
- * ++ Operator (postfix)
+ * ++ operator (postfix)
*/
BigInt operator++(int) { BigInt x = (*this); ++(*this); return x; }
/**
- * -- Operator (postfix)
+ * -- operator (postfix)
*/
BigInt operator--(int) { BigInt x = (*this); --(*this); return x; }
/**
- * Unary - Operator
+ * Unary negation operator
+ * @return negative this
*/
BigInt operator-() const;
/**
- * ! Operator
+ * ! operator
+ * @return true iff this is zero, otherwise false
*/
bool operator !() const { return (!is_nonzero()); }
/**
- * [] Operator (array access)
+ * [] operator (array access)
+ * @param i a word index
+ * @return the word at index i
*/
word& operator[](u32bit i) { return reg[i]; }
/**
- * [] Operator (array access)
+ * [] operator (array access)
+ * @param i a word index
+ * @return the word at index i
*/
word operator[](u32bit i) const { return reg[i]; }
@@ -137,8 +143,8 @@ class BOTAN_DLL BigInt
void clear() { get_reg().clear(); }
/**
- * Compare *this to another BigInt.
- * @param n the BigInt value to compare to this.
+ * Compare *this to another BigInt
+ * @param n the BigInt value to compare with
* @param check_signs include sign in comparison?
* @result if (this<n) return -1, if (this>n) return 1, if both
* values are identical return 0 [like Perl's <=> operator]
@@ -158,7 +164,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL BigInt
bool is_odd() const { return (get_bit(0) == 1); }
/**
- * Test if the integer is not zero.
+ * Test if the integer is not zero
* @result true if the integer is non-zero, false otherwise
*/
bool is_nonzero() const { return (!is_zero()); }
@@ -220,7 +226,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL BigInt
/**
* Return the word at a specified position of the internal register
* @param n position in the register
- * @return the value at position n
+ * @return value at position n
*/
word word_at(u32bit n) const
{ return ((n < size()) ? reg[n] : 0); }
@@ -371,7 +377,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL BigInt
* @param rng a random number generator
* @param min the minimum value
* @param max the maximum value
- * @return a random integer between min and max
+ * @return random integer between min and max
*/
static BigInt random_integer(RandomNumberGenerator& rng,
const BigInt& min,
@@ -396,15 +402,22 @@ class BOTAN_DLL BigInt
/**
* Create a BigInt from an integer in a byte array
- * @param buf the BigInt value to compare to this.
+ * @param buf the binary value to load
* @param length size of buf
* @param base number-base of the integer in buf
- * @result BigInt-representing the given integer read from the byte array
+ * @result BigInt representing the integer in the byte array
*/
static BigInt decode(const byte buf[], u32bit length,
Base base = Binary);
- static BigInt decode(const MemoryRegion<byte>&, Base = Binary);
+ /**
+ * Create a BigInt from an integer in a byte array
+ * @param buf the binary value to load
+ * @param base number-base of the integer in buf
+ * @result BigInt representing the integer in the byte array
+ */
+ static BigInt decode(const MemoryRegion<byte>& buf,
+ Base base = Binary);
/**
* Encode a BigInt to a byte array according to IEEE 1363
@@ -426,16 +439,16 @@ class BOTAN_DLL BigInt
BigInt() { signedness = Positive; }
/**
- * Create BigInt from 64bit-Integer value
- * @param n 64bit-integer
+ * Create BigInt from 64 bit integer
+ * @param n initial value of this BigInt
*/
BigInt(u64bit n);
/**
- * Copy-Constructor: clone given BigInt
- * @param bigint the BigInt to clone
+ * Copy Constructor
+ * @param other the BigInt to copy
*/
- BigInt(const BigInt& bigint);
+ BigInt(const BigInt& other);
/**
* Create BigInt from a string.
@@ -451,9 +464,9 @@ class BOTAN_DLL BigInt
/**
* Create a BigInt from an integer in a byte array
- * @param buf the BigInt value to compare to this.
+ * @param buf the byte array holding the value
* @param length size of buf
- * @param base number-base of the integer in buf
+ * @param base is the number base of the integer in buf
*/
BigInt(const byte buf[], u32bit length, Base base = Binary);