diff --git a/iotbx/command_line/pdb_cif_conversion.py b/iotbx/command_line/pdb_cif_conversion.py
index 66798e4e41..77e9fe100e 100644
--- a/iotbx/command_line/pdb_cif_conversion.py
+++ b/iotbx/command_line/pdb_cif_conversion.py
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ def get_results(self):
     str = ph.as_pdb_string()
     print("Doing something with a string %s" %str)
 
-  Use instead model.as_pdb_or_mmcif_string() which will give you a PDB or
+  Use instead ph.as_pdb_or_mmcif_string() which will give you a PDB or
      mmcif string as appropriate:
 
-    str = model.as_pdb_or_mmcif_string(
+    str = ph.as_pdb_or_mmcif_string(
         target_format = params.output.target_output_format)
     print("Doing something with a string %s" %str)
 
diff --git a/libtbx/command_line/find_pdb_mmcif_problems.py b/libtbx/command_line/find_pdb_mmcif_problems.py
index ff1bf6865a..66688d2468 100644
--- a/libtbx/command_line/find_pdb_mmcif_problems.py
+++ b/libtbx/command_line/find_pdb_mmcif_problems.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def mark_problems_in_file(text, path, all_problems,
     if (not next_ending):
        next_ending = " ".join(sw)
     new_text = " # XXX CHECK PDB: %s" %(next_ending)
-    for i in range(p.line_number, p.line_number + n_context):
+    for i in range(p.line_number-1, p.line_number + n_context - 1):
       line = lines[i]
       if (not line.endswith("\\")) and (not line.find("XXX CHECK PDB") > -1):
         line = line.rstrip()