diff --git a/include/fmt/base.h b/include/fmt/base.h
index 3395e4ab..9ca16692 100644
--- a/include/fmt/base.h
+++ b/include/fmt/base.h
@@ -527,13 +527,13 @@ template <typename Char> class basic_string_view {
 
   constexpr basic_string_view() noexcept : data_(nullptr), size_(0) {}
 
-  /// Constructs a string reference object from a C string and a size.
+  /// Constructs a string view object from a C string and a size.
   constexpr basic_string_view(const Char* s, size_t count) noexcept
       : data_(s), size_(count) {}
 
   constexpr basic_string_view(nullptr_t) = delete;
 
-  /// Constructs a string reference object from a C string.
+  /// Constructs a string view object from a C string.
 #if FMT_GCC_VERSION
   FMT_ALWAYS_INLINE
 #endif
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ template <typename Char> class basic_string_view {
     size_ = len;
   }
 
-  /// Constructs a string reference from a `std::basic_string` or a
+  /// Constructs a string view from a `std::basic_string` or a
   /// `std::basic_string_view` object.
   template <typename S,
             FMT_ENABLE_IF(detail::is_std_string_like<S>::value&& std::is_same<
@@ -586,7 +586,6 @@ template <typename Char> class basic_string_view {
     return starts_with(basic_string_view<Char>(s));
   }
 
-  // Lexicographically compare this string reference to other.
   FMT_CONSTEXPR auto compare(basic_string_view other) const -> int {
     int result =
         detail::compare(data_, other.data_, min_of(size_, other.size_));