diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index 59b7984e2..47bc1d3b8 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -5816,7 +5816,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
   /**
    * @webref input:files
    * @param filename name of a file in the data folder or a URL.
-   * @see XML#parse(String)
+   * @see PApplet#parseXML(String)
    * @see PApplet#loadBytes(String)
    * @see PApplet#loadStrings(String)
    * @see PApplet#loadTable(String)
@@ -5836,7 +5836,13 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
     }
   }
 
-
+  /**
+   * @webref input:files
+   * @brief Converts String content to an XML object
+   * @param data the content to be parsed as XML
+   * @return an XML object, or null
+   * @see PApplet#loadXML(String)
+   */
   public XML parseXML(String xmlString) {
     return parseXML(xmlString, null);
   }
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/XML.java b/core/src/processing/data/XML.java
index 40ca83a7c..617e63a75 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/XML.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/XML.java
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ public class XML implements Serializable {
 
 
   /**
-   * xxxxxxx
-   *
    * @webref xml:method
    * @brief Converts String content to an XML object
    * @param data the content to be parsed as XML
@@ -166,7 +164,6 @@ public class XML implements Serializable {
    * @throws SAXException
    * @throws ParserConfigurationException
    * @throws IOException
-   * @see PApplet#loadXML(String)
    */
   static public XML parse(String data) throws IOException, ParserConfigurationException, SAXException {
     return XML.parse(data, null);