diff --git a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
index 28e188bb..4428ec14 100644
--- a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
+++ b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
@@ -1607,8 +1607,8 @@ class PointeeMatcher {
   template <typename Pointer>
   class Impl : public MatcherInterface<Pointer> {
    public:
-    typedef typename PointeeOf<typename std::remove_const<
-        typename std::remove_reference<Pointer>::type>::type>::type Pointee;
+    typedef typename PointeeOf<GTEST_REMOVE_REFERENCE_AND_CONST_(Pointer)>::type
+        Pointee;
 
     explicit Impl(const InnerMatcher& matcher)
         : matcher_(MatcherCast<const Pointee&>(matcher)) {}
diff --git a/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h b/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h
index fdc049c5..d012e710 100644
--- a/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h
+++ b/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h
@@ -334,8 +334,6 @@ class WithoutMatchers {
 // Internal use only: access the singleton instance of WithoutMatchers.
 GTEST_API_ WithoutMatchers GetWithoutMatchers();
 
-// Type traits.
-
 // Disable MSVC warnings for infinite recursion, since in this case the
 // the recursion is unreachable.
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
diff --git a/googlemock/test/gmock-internal-utils_test.cc b/googlemock/test/gmock-internal-utils_test.cc
index d000e692..19ba6fe5 100644
--- a/googlemock/test/gmock-internal-utils_test.cc
+++ b/googlemock/test/gmock-internal-utils_test.cc
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
-#include <type_traits>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "gmock/gmock.h"
diff --git a/googletest/docs/advanced.md b/googletest/docs/advanced.md
index ef20379b..179118dc 100644
--- a/googletest/docs/advanced.md
+++ b/googletest/docs/advanced.md
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ You can call the function
 to assert that types `T1` and `T2` are the same. The function does nothing if
 the assertion is satisfied. If the types are different, the function call will
 fail to compile, the compiler error message will say that
-`type1 and type2 are not the same type` and most likely (depending on the compiler)
+`T1 and T2 are not the same type` and most likely (depending on the compiler)
 show you the actual values of `T1` and `T2`. This is mainly useful inside
 template code.
 
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
index dbe5b1c2..37a1762b 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
@@ -2298,8 +2298,7 @@ class GTEST_API_ ScopedTrace {
 // to cause a compiler error.
 template <typename T1, typename T2>
 constexpr bool StaticAssertTypeEq() noexcept {
-  static_assert(std::is_same<T1, T2>::value,
-                "type1 and type2 are not the same type");
+  static_assert(std::is_same<T1, T2>::value, "T1 and T2 are not the same type");
   return true;
 }