diff --git a/compiler/res/prog8lib/cx16/diskio.p8 b/compiler/res/prog8lib/cx16/diskio.p8
index bfc701703..712c91ea2 100644
--- a/compiler/res/prog8lib/cx16/diskio.p8
+++ b/compiler/res/prog8lib/cx16/diskio.p8
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ close_end:
         ;    note: only a single iteration loop can be active at a time!
         ;    Returns true if the file is successfully opened and readable.
         ;    No need to check status(), unlike f_open_w() !
+        ;    NOTE: the default input isn't yet set to this logical file, you can use reset_read_channel() to do this!
         f_close()
 
         cbm.SETNAM(string.length(filenameptr), filenameptr)
diff --git a/compiler/res/prog8lib/diskio.p8 b/compiler/res/prog8lib/diskio.p8
index 60ec44b5e..15ffb91b2 100644
--- a/compiler/res/prog8lib/diskio.p8
+++ b/compiler/res/prog8lib/diskio.p8
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ close_end:
     sub f_open(uword filenameptr) -> bool {
         ; -- open a file for iterative reading with f_read
         ;    note: only a single iteration loop can be active at a time!
+        ;    Returns true if the file is successfully opened and readable.
+        ;    No need to check status(), unlike f_open_w() !
+        ;    NOTE: the default input isn't yet set to this logical file, you can use reset_read_channel() to do this!
         f_close()
 
         cbm.SETNAM(string.length(filenameptr), filenameptr)
@@ -390,6 +393,11 @@ _end        rts
 
     sub f_open_w(uword filenameptr) -> bool {
         ; -- open a file for iterative writing with f_write
+        ;    WARNING: returns true if the open command was received by the device,
+        ;    but this can still mean the file wasn't successfully opened for writing!
+        ;    (for example, if it already exists). This is different than f_open()!
+        ;    To be 100% sure if this call was successful, you have to use status()
+        ;    and check the drive's status message!
         f_close_w()
 
         cbm.SETNAM(string.length(filenameptr), filenameptr)
diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/AstChecker.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/AstChecker.kt
index f089be22b..d92b45df7 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/AstChecker.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/AstChecker.kt
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ internal class AstChecker(private val program: Program,
 
         if(expr.operator=="+" || expr.operator=="-") {
             if(leftDt == DataType.STR || rightDt == DataType.STR || leftDt in ArrayDatatypes || rightDt in ArrayDatatypes) {
-                errors.err("missing & (address-of) on the string operand", expr.position)
+                errors.err("missing & (address-of) on the operand", expr.position)
                 return
             }
         }