diff --git a/src/V3Ast.h b/src/V3Ast.h
index f9edcd5ae..304d95654 100644
--- a/src/V3Ast.h
+++ b/src/V3Ast.h
@@ -1739,6 +1739,7 @@ public:
     pair<uint32_t,uint32_t> dimensions(bool includeBasic);
     uint32_t	arrayUnpackedElements();	// 1, or total multiplication of all dimensions
     static int uniqueNumInc() { return ++s_uniqueNum; }
+    const char* charIQWN() const { return (isString() ? "N" : isWide() ? "W" : isQuad() ? "Q" : "I"); }
 };
 
 class AstNodeClassDType : public AstNodeDType {
diff --git a/src/V3EmitC.cpp b/src/V3EmitC.cpp
index c5874cbc3..e34216c90 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitC.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitC.cpp
@@ -81,10 +81,8 @@ public:
     void emitVarCtors();
     bool emitSimpleOk(AstNodeMath* nodep);
     void emitIQW(AstNode* nodep) {
-	// Other abbrevs: "C"har, "S"hort, "F"loat, "D"ouble, stri"N"g
-	puts (nodep->isString() ? "N"
-	      : nodep->isWide() ? "W"
-	      : nodep->isQuad() ? "Q" : "I");
+        // Other abbrevs: "C"har, "S"hort, "F"loat, "D"ouble, stri"N"g
+        puts (nodep->dtypep()->charIQWN());
     }
     void emitScIQW(AstVar* nodep) {
 	if (!nodep->isSc()) nodep->v3fatalSrc("emitting SystemC operator on non-SC variable");
diff --git a/src/V3EmitCSyms.cpp b/src/V3EmitCSyms.cpp
index 5993c4aab..34a7fc5a1 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitCSyms.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitCSyms.cpp
@@ -576,12 +576,12 @@ void EmitCSyms::emitDpiHdr() {
 	AstCFunc* nodep = *it;
 	if (nodep->dpiExportWrapper()) {
 	    if (!firstExp++) puts("\n// DPI EXPORTS\n");
-	    puts("// DPI Export at "+nodep->fileline()->ascii()+"\n");
+	    puts("// DPI export at "+nodep->fileline()->ascii()+"\n");
 	    puts("extern "+nodep->rtnTypeVoid()+" "+nodep->name()+" ("+cFuncArgs(nodep)+");\n");
 	}
 	else if (nodep->dpiImport()) {
 	    if (!firstImp++) puts("\n// DPI IMPORTS\n");
-	    puts("// DPI Import at "+nodep->fileline()->ascii()+"\n");
+	    puts("// DPI import at "+nodep->fileline()->ascii()+"\n");
 	    puts("extern "+nodep->rtnTypeVoid()+" "+nodep->name()+" ("+cFuncArgs(nodep)+");\n");
 	}
     }