diff --git a/Spatial_searching/examples/Spatial_searching/distance_browsing.cpp b/Spatial_searching/examples/Spatial_searching/distance_browsing.cpp
index 9d5880abc13..8ef9f285c0e 100644
--- a/Spatial_searching/examples/Spatial_searching/distance_browsing.cpp
+++ b/Spatial_searching/examples/Spatial_searching/distance_browsing.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ int main() {
 
   std::cout <<  "The first 5 nearest neighbours with positive x-coord are: " << std::endl;
   for (int j=0; (j < 5)&&(it!=end); ++j,++it)
-    std::cout <<   (*it).first << "  at squared distance = " << (*it).second << std::endl;
+    std::cout <<   (*it).first << "  at squared distance = " << it->second << std::endl;
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/Spatial_searching/include/CGAL/Incremental_neighbor_search.h b/Spatial_searching/include/CGAL/Incremental_neighbor_search.h
index c4bce75c23c..918882700b5 100644
--- a/Spatial_searching/include/CGAL/Incremental_neighbor_search.h
+++ b/Spatial_searching/include/CGAL/Incremental_neighbor_search.h
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ namespace CGAL {
 
       typedef std::input_iterator_tag iterator_category;
       typedef Point_with_transformed_distance       value_type;
-      typedef Point_with_transformed_distance*      pointer;
+      typedef const Point_with_transformed_distance*      pointer;
       typedef const Point_with_transformed_distance&      reference;
       typedef std::size_t               size_type;
       typedef std::ptrdiff_t            difference_type;
diff --git a/Spatial_searching/include/CGAL/Orthogonal_incremental_neighbor_search.h b/Spatial_searching/include/CGAL/Orthogonal_incremental_neighbor_search.h
index 06acd3d43bc..d161e6a36fe 100644
--- a/Spatial_searching/include/CGAL/Orthogonal_incremental_neighbor_search.h
+++ b/Spatial_searching/include/CGAL/Orthogonal_incremental_neighbor_search.h
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ namespace CGAL {
 
       typedef std::input_iterator_tag iterator_category;
       typedef Point_with_transformed_distance       value_type;
-      typedef Point_with_transformed_distance*      pointer;
+      typedef const Point_with_transformed_distance*      pointer;
       typedef const Point_with_transformed_distance&      reference;
       typedef std::size_t               size_type;
       typedef std::ptrdiff_t            difference_type;