diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/Namespace.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/Namespace.java
index e13a9d7eae..014879b913 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/Namespace.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/Namespace.java
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Stack;
  * In this example, Outer.foo and the Runnable.foo are two different variables - even though
  * Runnable.foo looks like its inside Outer, they don't conflict.
  *
- * So, a couple of SymbolTables are grouped into a Namespace.  SymbolTables are grouped so that inner classes have their own
- * "group" of symbol tables.  So a class with an inner class would look like this:
+ * So, a couple of SymbolTables are grouped into a Namespace.  So a class with an inner class would look like this:
  *
  *        ST
  *        ST
diff --git a/pmd/test-data/EmptyWhileStmtRule.java b/pmd/test-data/EmptyWhileStmtRule.java
index abed1d07e1..ed0013f2d3 100644
--- a/pmd/test-data/EmptyWhileStmtRule.java
+++ b/pmd/test-data/EmptyWhileStmtRule.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ public class EmptyWhileStmtRule {
 	}
 	while (true == true) {
 		String x = "";
-		x = "hi";
 	}
     }
 }