diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/async_log_helper.h b/include/spdlog/details/async_log_helper.h
index b39b2c10..0dbc107c 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/async_log_helper.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/async_log_helper.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public:
     async_log_helper(const async_log_helper&) = delete;
     async_log_helper& operator=(const async_log_helper&) = delete;
 
-    void set_formatter(formatter_ptr);
+    void set_formatter(formatter_ptr msg_formatter);
 
     void flush(bool wait_for_q);
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/logger.h b/include/spdlog/logger.h
index 8d456b9b..5502d273 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/logger.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/logger.h
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ class logger
 {
 public:
     logger(const std::string& name, sink_ptr single_sink);
-    logger(const std::string& name, sinks_init_list);
-    template<class It>
+    logger(const std::string& name, sinks_init_list sinks);
+
+    template <class It>
     logger(std::string name, const It& begin, const It& end);
 
     virtual ~logger();
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@ public:
     template <typename Arg1, typename... Args> void error(const char* fmt, const Arg1&, const Args&... args);
     template <typename Arg1, typename... Args> void critical(const char* fmt, const Arg1&, const Args&... args);
 
-
 #ifdef SPDLOG_WCHAR_TO_UTF8_SUPPORT
     template <typename... Args> void log(level::level_enum lvl, const wchar_t* msg);
     template <typename... Args> void log(level::level_enum lvl, const wchar_t* fmt, const Args&... args);
@@ -57,19 +57,19 @@ public:
 #endif // SPDLOG_WCHAR_TO_UTF8_SUPPORT
 
     template <typename T> void log(level::level_enum lvl, const T&);
-    template <typename T> void trace(const T&);
-    template <typename T> void debug(const T&);
-    template <typename T> void info(const T&);
-    template <typename T> void warn(const T&);
-    template <typename T> void error(const T&);
-    template <typename T> void critical(const T&);
+    template <typename T> void trace(const T& msg);
+    template <typename T> void debug(const T& msg);
+    template <typename T> void info(const T& msg);
+    template <typename T> void warn(const T& msg);
+    template <typename T> void error(const T& msg);
+    template <typename T> void critical(const T& msg);
 
-    bool should_log(level::level_enum) const;
-    void set_level(level::level_enum);
+    bool should_log(level::level_enum msg_level) const;
+    void set_level(level::level_enum log_level);
     level::level_enum level() const;
     const std::string& name() const;
-    void set_pattern(const std::string&, pattern_time_type = pattern_time_type::local);
-    void set_formatter(formatter_ptr);
+    void set_pattern(const std::string& pattern, pattern_time_type pattern_time = pattern_time_type::local);
+    void set_formatter(formatter_ptr msg_formatter);
 
     // automatically call flush() if message level >= log_level
     void flush_on(level::level_enum log_level);
@@ -79,22 +79,22 @@ public:
     const std::vector<sink_ptr>& sinks() const;
 
     // error handler
-    virtual void set_error_handler(log_err_handler);
+    virtual void set_error_handler(log_err_handler err_handler);
     virtual log_err_handler error_handler();
 
 protected:
-    virtual void _sink_it(details::log_msg&);
-    virtual void _set_pattern(const std::string&, pattern_time_type);
-    virtual void _set_formatter(formatter_ptr);
+    virtual void _sink_it(details::log_msg& msg);
+    virtual void _set_pattern(const std::string& pattern, pattern_time_type pattern_time);
+    virtual void _set_formatter(formatter_ptr msg_formatter);
 
     // default error handler: print the error to stderr with the max rate of 1 message/minute
     virtual void _default_err_handler(const std::string &msg);
 
     // return true if the given message level should trigger a flush
-    bool _should_flush_on(const details::log_msg&);
+    bool _should_flush_on(const details::log_msg& msg);
 
     // increment the message count (only if defined(SPDLOG_ENABLE_MESSAGE_COUNTER))
-    void _incr_msg_counter(details::log_msg &msg);
+    void _incr_msg_counter(details::log_msg& msg);
 
     const std::string _name;
     std::vector<sink_ptr> _sinks;
diff --git a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
index 076833d0..8965e59f 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void flush_on(level::level_enum log_level);
 //
 // Set global error handler
 //
-void set_error_handler(log_err_handler);
+void set_error_handler(log_err_handler handler);
 
 //
 // Turn on async mode (off by default) and set the queue size for each async_logger.
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<logger> create(const std::string& logger_name, const It& sinks_b
 // Example:
 // spdlog::create<daily_file_sink_st>("mylog", "dailylog_filename");
 template <typename Sink, typename... Args>
-std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> create(const std::string& logger_name, Args...);
+std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> create(const std::string& logger_name, Args... args);
 
 // Create and register an async logger with a single sink
 std::shared_ptr<logger> create_async(const std::string& logger_name, const sink_ptr& sink, size_t queue_size, const async_overflow_policy overflow_policy = async_overflow_policy::block_retry, const std::function<void()>& worker_warmup_cb = nullptr, const std::chrono::milliseconds& flush_interval_ms = std::chrono::milliseconds::zero(), const std::function<void()>& worker_teardown_cb = nullptr);
diff --git a/tests/test_misc.cpp b/tests/test_misc.cpp
index 4f6ee72c..9afaa932 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_misc.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 #include "includes.h"
 
 template<class T>
@@ -16,11 +15,6 @@ std::string log_info(const T& what, spdlog::level::level_enum logger_level = spd
     return oss.str().substr(0, oss.str().length() - strlen(spdlog::details::os::default_eol));
 }
 
-
-
-
-
-
 TEST_CASE("basic_logging ", "[basic_logging]")
 {
     //const char