diff --git a/filament/backend/src/BackendUtils.cpp b/filament/backend/src/BackendUtils.cpp
index 6f91cb8530..d202ada97c 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/BackendUtils.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/BackendUtils.cpp
@@ -384,53 +384,53 @@ bool reshape(const PixelBufferDescriptor& data, PixelBufferDescriptor& reshaped)
 namespace utils {
 
 template<>
-CString to_string<filament::backend::TextureUsage>(filament::backend::TextureUsage usage) noexcept {
+CString to_string<filament::backend::TextureUsage>(filament::backend::TextureUsage value) noexcept {
     using namespace filament::backend;
     char string[7] = {'-', '-', '-', '-', '-', '-', 0};
-    if (any(usage & TextureUsage::UPLOADABLE)) {
+    if (any(value & TextureUsage::UPLOADABLE)) {
         string[0]='U';
     }
-    if (any(usage & TextureUsage::SAMPLEABLE)) {
+    if (any(value & TextureUsage::SAMPLEABLE)) {
         string[1]='S';
     }
-    if (any(usage & TextureUsage::COLOR_ATTACHMENT)) {
+    if (any(value & TextureUsage::COLOR_ATTACHMENT)) {
         string[2]='c';
     }
-    if (any(usage & TextureUsage::DEPTH_ATTACHMENT)) {
+    if (any(value & TextureUsage::DEPTH_ATTACHMENT)) {
         string[3]='d';
     }
-    if (any(usage & TextureUsage::STENCIL_ATTACHMENT)) {
+    if (any(value & TextureUsage::STENCIL_ATTACHMENT)) {
         string[4] = 's';
     }
-    if (any(usage & TextureUsage::SUBPASS_INPUT)) {
+    if (any(value & TextureUsage::SUBPASS_INPUT)) {
         string[5]='f';
     }
-    return CString(string, 6);
+    return { string, 6 };
 }
 
 template<>
-CString to_string<filament::backend::TargetBufferFlags>(filament::backend::TargetBufferFlags flags) noexcept {
+CString to_string<filament::backend::TargetBufferFlags>(filament::backend::TargetBufferFlags value) noexcept {
     using namespace filament::backend;
     char string[7] = {'-', '-', '-', '-', '-', '-', 0};
-    if (any(flags & TargetBufferFlags::COLOR0)) {
+    if (any(value & TargetBufferFlags::COLOR0)) {
         string[0]='0';
     }
-    if (any(flags & TargetBufferFlags::COLOR1)) {
+    if (any(value & TargetBufferFlags::COLOR1)) {
         string[1]='1';
     }
-    if (any(flags & TargetBufferFlags::COLOR2)) {
+    if (any(value & TargetBufferFlags::COLOR2)) {
         string[2]='2';
     }
-    if (any(flags & TargetBufferFlags::COLOR3)) {
+    if (any(value & TargetBufferFlags::COLOR3)) {
         string[3]='3';
     }
-    if (any(flags & TargetBufferFlags::DEPTH)) {
+    if (any(value & TargetBufferFlags::DEPTH)) {
         string[4]='D';
     }
-    if (any(flags & TargetBufferFlags::STENCIL)) {
+    if (any(value & TargetBufferFlags::STENCIL)) {
         string[5]='S';
     }
-    return CString(string, 6);
+    return { string, 6 };
 }
 
 } // namespace utils
diff --git a/filament/src/PostProcessManager.cpp b/filament/src/PostProcessManager.cpp
index a966b652e3..7685635308 100644
--- a/filament/src/PostProcessManager.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/PostProcessManager.cpp
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ FrameGraphId<FrameGraphTexture> PostProcessManager::gaussianBlurPass(FrameGraph&
             [=](FrameGraphResources const& resources,
                     auto const& data, DriverApi& driver) {
 
-                // don't use auto for those, b/c the can't resolve them
+                // don't use auto for those, b/c the ide can't resolve them
                 using FGTD = FrameGraphTexture::Descriptor;
                 using FGTSD = FrameGraphTexture::SubResourceDescriptor;