diff --git a/daemon/core/bsd/netgraph.py b/daemon/core/bsd/netgraph.py
index c928378f..c74a326b 100644
--- a/daemon/core/bsd/netgraph.py
+++ b/daemon/core/bsd/netgraph.py
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-#
-# CORE
-# Copyright (c)2010-2012 the Boeing Company.
-# See the LICENSE file included in this distribution.
-#
-# authors: core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil
-#
-
 """
 netgraph.py: Netgraph helper functions; for now these are wrappers around
 ngctl commands.
diff --git a/daemon/core/bsd/nodes.py b/daemon/core/bsd/nodes.py
index 8978ba4e..fc265ee6 100644
--- a/daemon/core/bsd/nodes.py
+++ b/daemon/core/bsd/nodes.py
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-#
-# CORE
-# Copyright (c)2010-2013 the Boeing Company.
-# See the LICENSE file included in this distribution.
-#
-# author: core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil
-#
-
 """
 nodes.py: definition of CoreNode classes and other node classes that inherit
 from the CoreNode, implementing specific node types.
diff --git a/daemon/core/bsd/vnet.py b/daemon/core/bsd/vnet.py
index 917bac51..5142cd7c 100644
--- a/daemon/core/bsd/vnet.py
+++ b/daemon/core/bsd/vnet.py
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-#
-# CORE
-# Copyright (c)2010-2012 the Boeing Company.
-# See the LICENSE file included in this distribution.
-#
-# authors: core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil
-#
-
 """
 vnet.py: NetgraphNet and NetgraphPipeNet classes that implement virtual networks
 using the FreeBSD Netgraph subsystem.
diff --git a/daemon/core/bsd/vnode.py b/daemon/core/bsd/vnode.py
index 589d7c16..57967dbf 100644
--- a/daemon/core/bsd/vnode.py
+++ b/daemon/core/bsd/vnode.py
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-#
-# CORE
-# Copyright (c)2010-2012 the Boeing Company.
-# See the LICENSE file included in this distribution.
-#
-# authors: core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil
-#
-
 """
 vnode.py: SimpleJailNode and JailNode classes that implement the FreeBSD
 jail-based virtual node.
diff --git a/daemon/core/misc/quagga.py b/daemon/core/misc/quagga.py
index 2ab5edb1..99058312 100644
--- a/daemon/core/misc/quagga.py
+++ b/daemon/core/misc/quagga.py
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-#
-# CORE
-# Copyright (c)2010-2012 the Boeing Company.
-# See the LICENSE file included in this distribution.
-#
-# author: Tom Goff <thomas.goff@boeing.com>
-#
-
 """
 quagga.py: helper class for generating Quagga configuration.
 """
diff --git a/daemon/core/xml/xmlparser.py b/daemon/core/xml/xmlparser.py
index 28bc296d..9492ed27 100644
--- a/daemon/core/xml/xmlparser.py
+++ b/daemon/core/xml/xmlparser.py
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ class CoreVersionParser(object):
 
 
 def core_document_parser(session, filename, options):
+    """
+    Retrieves the xml document parser.
+
+    :param core.session.Session session: core
+    :param str filename: name of file to save to or load from
+    :param dict options: parsing options
+    :return: xml document parser
+    """
     vp = CoreVersionParser(filename, options)
     if 'dom' not in options:
         options['dom'] = vp.dom
diff --git a/daemon/setup.py b/daemon/setup.py
index fd764a5f..7d8f1c32 100644
--- a/daemon/setup.py
+++ b/daemon/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Copyright (c)2010-2012 the Boeing Company.
-# See the LICENSE file included in this distribution.
-
 """
 Defines how CORE will be built for installation.
 """