diff --git a/WPrefs.app/Expert.c b/WPrefs.app/Expert.c
index d82bc6ff..7cb85f34 100644
--- a/WPrefs.app/Expert.c
+++ b/WPrefs.app/Expert.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static const struct {
 		OPTION_USERDEF
 	} class;
 
-	char *op_name; /* The identifier for the option in the config file */
+	const char *op_name;  /* The identifier for the option in the config file */
 
 } expert_options[] = {
 
diff --git a/WPrefs.app/KeyboardShortcuts.c b/WPrefs.app/KeyboardShortcuts.c
index d5b2ce18..ef486568 100644
--- a/WPrefs.app/KeyboardShortcuts.c
+++ b/WPrefs.app/KeyboardShortcuts.c
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ typedef struct _Panel {
  * Second is the text displayed to the user
  */
 static const struct {
+	const char *key;
 	/*
-	 * Fixme: these strings should be 'const', but 'GetStringForKey'
-	 *        and 'WMAddListItem' do not allow us to do so
+	 * Fixme: this string should be 'const', but 'WMAddListItem'
+	 *        do not allow us to do so
 	 */
-	char *key;
 	char *title;
 } keyOptions[] = {
 	{ "RootMenuKey",    N_("Open applications menu") },