diff --git a/doc/user/stored-procedures.xml b/doc/user/stored-procedures.xml
index 6383e00e2e0fa72d8677b09b52410373042dc9f9..bcc90d10359b09cf82a36ab82894cfac78329520 100644
--- a/doc/user/stored-procedures.xml
+++ b/doc/user/stored-procedures.xml
@@ -2249,10 +2249,10 @@ for instructions about defining triggers for connect and disconnect events
         <term><emphasis role="lua">channel:close()</emphasis></term>
         <listitem>
             <simpara>
-		Close channel. All waiters at the channel will be
-		woke up.
-		All following operation <code>channel:put()</code>
-		or <code>channel:get()</code> will do nothing.
+               Close the channel. All waiters in the channel will be
+               woken up. All following <code>channel:put()</code>
+               or <code>channel:get()</code> operations will return
+               an error (nil).
             </simpara>
         </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -2290,12 +2290,10 @@ for instructions about defining triggers for connect and disconnect events
         <term><emphasis role="lua">channel:broadcast(message, timeout)</emphasis></term>
         <listitem>
             <simpara>
-             If the channel is empty, <code>channel:broadcast()</code> is
-             equivalent to
+             If the channel is empty, <code>channel:broadcast()</code> is equivalent to
              <code>channel:put()</code>.
-	     Otherwise, <code>channel:broadcast()</code> sends
-	     the message to all readers of the
-             channel.
+              Otherwise, <code>channel.broadcast()</code> sends the message to all readers of the
+              channel.
             </simpara>
         </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -2303,8 +2301,7 @@ for instructions about defining triggers for connect and disconnect events
         <term><emphasis role="lua">channel:is_empty()</emphasis></term>
         <listitem>
             <simpara>
-                Return true if the specified channel is empty
-                (has no messages).
+                Return true if the specified channel is empty (has no messages).
             </simpara>
         </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -2312,8 +2309,7 @@ for instructions about defining triggers for connect and disconnect events
         <term><emphasis role="lua">channel:is_full()</emphasis></term>
         <listitem>
             <simpara>
-                Return true if the specified channel is full
-                (has no room for a new message).
+                Return true if the specified channel is full (has no room for a new message).
             </simpara>
         </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -2321,8 +2317,7 @@ for instructions about defining triggers for connect and disconnect events
         <term><emphasis role="lua">channel:has_readers()</emphasis></term>
         <listitem>
             <simpara>
-                Return true if the specified channel is empty and
-                has readers waiting
+                Return true if the specified channel is empty and has readers waiting
                 for a message (because they have issued
                 <code>channel:get()</code> and then
                 blocked).
@@ -2334,10 +2329,8 @@ for instructions about defining triggers for connect and disconnect events
         <term><emphasis role="lua">channel:has_writers()</emphasis></term>
         <listitem>
             <simpara>
-                Return true if the specified channel is full
-                and has writers waiting
-                (because they have issued <code>channel:put()</code>
-                and then blocked
+                Return true if the specified channel is full and has writers waiting
+                (because they have issued <code>channel:put()</code> and then blocked
                 due to lack of room). Otherwise return false.
             </simpara>
         </listitem>
diff --git a/include/ipc.h b/include/ipc.h
index a9eec10cbc57541d714c5df048613bc22ff38e14..90ea5c3784a0ad4badad7a6ea5bddbf004580019 100644
--- a/include/ipc.h
+++ b/include/ipc.h
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ ipc_channel_put_timeout(struct ipc_channel *ch,	void *data,
 void *
 ipc_channel_get_timeout(struct ipc_channel *ch, ev_tstamp timeout);
 
-
 /**
  * @brief return true if channel has reader fibers that wait data
  * @param channel
@@ -165,9 +164,8 @@ ipc_channel_has_readers(struct ipc_channel *ch);
 bool
 ipc_channel_has_writers(struct ipc_channel *ch);
 
-
 /**
- * @brief close the channel. Wake up readers and writers (if they are exists)
+ * @brief close the channel. Wake up readers and writers (if they exist)
  */
 void
 ipc_channel_close(struct ipc_channel *ch);
diff --git a/src/ipc.cc b/src/ipc.cc
index c0b4ebcb73f6e89a9be0c01177e279c816e9a47e..493a5dd12ed8738395cae224ba5e6e2aad4e5628 100644
--- a/src/ipc.cc
+++ b/src/ipc.cc
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ ipc_channel_get_timeout(struct ipc_channel *ch, ev_tstamp timeout)
 	if (ch->closed)
 		return NULL;
 
-
 	struct fiber *f;
 	bool first_try = true;
 	ev_tstamp started = ev_now();
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ ipc_channel_get_timeout(struct ipc_channel *ch, ev_tstamp timeout)
 			fiber_testcancel();
 			fiber_setcancellable(cancellable);
 			res = ch->bcast_msg;
-			goto EXIT;
+			goto exit;
 		}
 
 		fiber_testcancel();
@@ -147,14 +146,13 @@ ipc_channel_get_timeout(struct ipc_channel *ch, ev_tstamp timeout)
 		timeout -= ev_now() - started;
 		if (timeout <= 0) {
 			res = NULL;
-			goto EXIT;
+			goto exit;
 		}
 
 		if (ch->closed) {
 			res = NULL;
-			goto EXIT;
+			goto exit;
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	res = ch->item[ch->beg];
@@ -168,8 +166,7 @@ ipc_channel_get_timeout(struct ipc_channel *ch, ev_tstamp timeout)
 		fiber_wakeup(f);
 	}
 
-
-EXIT:
+exit:
 	if (ch->closed && ch->close) {
 		fiber_wakeup(ch->close);
 		ch->close = NULL;
@@ -184,7 +181,6 @@ ipc_channel_get(struct ipc_channel *ch)
 	return ipc_channel_get_timeout(ch, TIMEOUT_INFINITY);
 }
 
-
 static void
 ipc_channel_close_waiter(struct ipc_channel *ch, struct fiber *f)
 {
@@ -236,7 +232,6 @@ ipc_channel_put_timeout(struct ipc_channel *ch, void *data,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-
 	bool first_try = true;
 	int res;
 	unsigned i;
@@ -263,13 +258,13 @@ ipc_channel_put_timeout(struct ipc_channel *ch, void *data,
 		if (timeout <= 0) {
 			errno = ETIMEDOUT;
 			res = -1;
-			goto EXIT;
+			goto exit;
 		}
 
 		if (ch->closed) {
 			errno = EBADF;
 			res = -1;
-			goto EXIT;
+			goto exit;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -287,7 +282,7 @@ ipc_channel_put_timeout(struct ipc_channel *ch, void *data,
 		fiber_wakeup(f);
 	}
 	res = 0;
-EXIT:
+exit:
 	if (ch->closed && ch->close) {
 		int save_errno = errno;
 		fiber_wakeup(ch->close);
@@ -358,7 +353,6 @@ ipc_channel_broadcast(struct ipc_channel *ch, void *data)
 			break;
 	}
 
-
 	if (ch->closed && ch->close) {
 		fiber_wakeup(ch->close);
 		ch->close = NULL;
@@ -366,5 +360,3 @@ ipc_channel_broadcast(struct ipc_channel *ch, void *data)
 
 	return cnt;
 }
-
-
diff --git a/src/lua/lua_ipc.cc b/src/lua/lua_ipc.cc
index 296b24db650d94f97747d1781ddc0577417caaa0..486f6a41b2afcebc27e2df01fabea5c94485aacf 100644
--- a/src/lua/lua_ipc.cc
+++ b/src/lua/lua_ipc.cc
@@ -39,13 +39,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "ipc.h"
 #include "lua/init.h"
 
-
-
-
-
 static const char channel_lib[]   = "box.ipc.channel";
 
-
 #define BROADCAST_MASK	(((size_t)1) << (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(size_t) - 1))
 
 /******************** channel ***************************/
@@ -141,12 +136,11 @@ lbox_ipc_channel_put(struct lua_State *L)
 	lua_pushvalue(L, 2);
 	size_t vref = luaL_ref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
 
-
 	int retval;
 	if (ipc_channel_put_timeout(ch, (void *)vref, timeout) == 0) {
 		retval = 1;
 	} else {
-		/* put timeout */
+		/* timed out or closed */
 		luaL_unref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, vref);
 		retval = 0;
 	}
@@ -179,8 +173,8 @@ lbox_ipc_channel_get(struct lua_State *L)
 
 	size_t vref = (size_t)ipc_channel_get_timeout(ch, timeout);
 
-
 	if (!vref) {
+		/* timed out or closed */
 		lua_pushnil(L);
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -282,7 +276,6 @@ tarantool_lua_ipc_init(struct lua_State *L)
 		{NULL, NULL}
 	};
 
-
 	lua_getfield(L, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX, "box");
 
 	lua_pushstring(L, "ipc");
@@ -291,4 +284,3 @@ tarantool_lua_ipc_init(struct lua_State *L)
 	lua_settable(L, -3);
 	lua_pop(L, 1);
 }
-