diff --git a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/STL.h b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/STL.h
index 06929db9ccf..92047e79bea 100644
--- a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/STL.h
+++ b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/STL.h
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ bool write_STL(std::ostream& os,
   typedef Simple_cartesian<double> SC;
   typedef typename SC::Point_3  Point_3;
   typedef typename SC::Vector_3 Vector_3;
-  Cartesian_converter<Kernel,SC> conv;
+  Cartesian_converter<K,SC> conv;
 
   if(get_mode(os) == BINARY)
   {
diff --git a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/polygon_soup_io.h b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/polygon_soup_io.h
index 77e254d9ee3..a6c82f82a3d 100644
--- a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/polygon_soup_io.h
+++ b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/polygon_soup_io.h
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ bool read_polygon_soup(const std::string& fname,
  *
  * \cgalNamedParamsBegin
  *   \cgalParamNBegin{point_map}
- *     \cgalParamDescription{a property map associating points with floating point coordinates to the elements of the point set `points`}
+ *     \cgalParamDescription{a property map associating points with %Cartesian coordinates to the elements of the point set `points`}
  *     \cgalParamType{a model of `ReadablePropertyMap` whose key type is the value type
- *                    of the iterator of `PointRange` and value type is a point type with floating point coordinates}
+ *                    of the iterator of `PointRange` and value type is a point type with %Cartesian coordinates}
  *     \cgalParamDefault{`CGAL::Identity_property_map<std::iterator_traits<PointRange::iterator>::value_type>`}
  *   \cgalParamNEnd
  *   \cgalParamNBegin{verbose}