diff --git a/Polyhedron/doc/Polyhedron/Polyhedron.txt b/Polyhedron/doc/Polyhedron/Polyhedron.txt
index 4dcef22d407..2d50d686717 100644
--- a/Polyhedron/doc/Polyhedron/Polyhedron.txt
+++ b/Polyhedron/doc/Polyhedron/Polyhedron.txt
@@ -298,16 +298,11 @@ surface and its point coordinates. It ignores a possible plane
 equation or any user-added attributes, such as color.
 
 The default file format supported in \cgal for output as well as for
-input is the %Object File Format, OFF, with file extension <TT>.off</TT>,
-which is also understood by Geomview \cgalCite{cgal:p-gmgv16-96}. For OFF
-an ASCII and a binary format exist. The format can be selected with
-the \cgal modifiers for streams, `set_ascii_mode()` and
-`set_binary_mode()` respectively. The modifier `set_pretty_mode()`
-can be used to allow for (a few) structuring comments in the
-output. Otherwise, the output would be free of comments. The default
-for writing is ASCII without comments. Both, ASCII and binary format,
-can be read independent of the stream setting. Since this file format
-is the default format, iostream operators are provided for it.
+input is the \ref IOStreamOFF, with file extension <TT>.off</TT>,
+which is also understood by Geomview \cgalCite{cgal:p-gmgv16-96}.
+The modifier `set_pretty_mode()` can be used to allow for (a few) structuring comments in the output.
+Otherwise, the output would be free of comments. The default for writing is without comments.
+Since this file format is the default format, iostream operators are provided for it.
 
 \code{.cpp}
 #include <CGAL/IO/Polyhedron_iostream.h>
@@ -324,8 +319,8 @@ CGAL::Polyhedron_3<PolyhedronTraits_3>& P);
 
 Additional formats supported for writing are OpenInventor (<TT>.iv</TT>)
 \cgalCite{cgal:w-impoo-94}, VRML 1.0 and 2.0 (<TT>.wrl</TT>)
-\cgalCite{cgal:bpp-vrml-95}, \cgalCite{cgal:vrmls-97}, \cgalCite{cgal:hw-vrml2h-96}, and Wavefront Advanced
-Visualizer object format (<TT>.obj</TT>). Another convenient output
+\cgalCite{cgal:bpp-vrml-95}, \cgalCite{cgal:vrmls-97}, \cgalCite{cgal:hw-vrml2h-96},
+and \ref IOStreamOBJ (<TT>.obj</TT>). Another convenient output
 function writes a polyhedral surface to a Geomview process spawned
 from the \cgal program. These output functions are provided as
 stream operators, now acting on the stream type of the respective
@@ -363,8 +358,7 @@ restrictions on these formats. They must represent a permissible
 polyhedral surface, e.g., a 2-manifold and no isolated vertices, see
 Section \ref sectionPolyIntro.
 
-For more information, you can see the \ref IOstreamPolygonMeshIO
-section.
+For more information on generic polygon meshes I/O, see the section \ref IOstreamPolygonMeshIO.
 
 \section PolyhedronExtending Extending Vertices, Halfedges, and Facets
 
diff --git a/Stream_support/doc/Stream_support/IOstream.txt b/Stream_support/doc/Stream_support/IOstream.txt
index 84ea67aee17..5be16c874d3 100644
--- a/Stream_support/doc/Stream_support/IOstream.txt
+++ b/Stream_support/doc/Stream_support/IOstream.txt
@@ -435,8 +435,10 @@ Free functions are provided for reading and writing several \cgal types using th
 - `CGAL::Polygon_with_holes_2`
 - random access range of the above types.
 
-You can find more information about WKT \ref PkgStreamSupportRef "here", but
-here is a table to summarize the most useful functions :
+You can find more information about WKT \ref PkgStreamSupportRef "here".
+The following table summarizes the most useful functions. Note that the name deviates
+from the standard \cgal I/O functions, for clarity reasons.
+
 <table>
 <tr>
 <th colspan="1"></th>