diff --git a/src/Renderer.js b/src/Renderer.js
index 949da978d..0663a1239 100644
--- a/src/Renderer.js
+++ b/src/Renderer.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const findFont = (fonts, requiredFonts, defaultFont) => {
  * @returns {number}
  */
 const offsetText = (y, inline) => {
-	var newY = y;
+	let newY = y;
 	if (inline.sup) {
 		newY -= inline.fontSize * 0.75;
 	}
diff --git a/src/SVGMeasure.js b/src/SVGMeasure.js
index 3d04d8dac..0834d0d45 100644
--- a/src/SVGMeasure.js
+++ b/src/SVGMeasure.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import xmldoc from 'xmldoc';
  * @returns {?number}
  */
 const stripUnits = textVal => {
-	var n = parseFloat(textVal);
+	let n = parseFloat(textVal);
 	if (typeof n !== 'number' || isNaN(n)) {
 		return undefined;
 	}
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const stripUnits = textVal => {
  * @returns {object}
  */
 const parseSVG = (svgString) => {
-	var doc;
+	let doc;
 
 	try {
 		doc = new xmldoc.XmlDocument(svgString);
diff --git a/src/TextInlines.js b/src/TextInlines.js
index a3aa2fecf..878db5a0a 100644
--- a/src/TextInlines.js
+++ b/src/TextInlines.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class TextInlines {
 	 * Converts an array of strings (or inline-definition-objects) into a collection
 	 * of inlines and calculated minWidth/maxWidth and their min/max widths
 	 *
-	 * @param {Array} textArray an array of inline-definition-objects (or strings)
+	 * @param {Array|object} textArray an array of inline-definition-objects (or strings)
 	 * @param {StyleContextStack} styleContextStack current style stack
 	 * @returns {object} collection of inlines, minWidth, maxWidth
 	 */