diff --git a/3.1/modules/bitly/controllers/bitly.php b/3.1/modules/bitly/controllers/bitly.php
index cfa615c3..7a0b53c0 100644
--- a/3.1/modules/bitly/controllers/bitly.php
+++ b/3.1/modules/bitly/controllers/bitly.php
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class bitly_Controller extends Controller {
     if ($short_url) {
       message::success("Item URL shortened to $short_url");
     } else {
-
       message::error("Unable to shorten " . url::abs_site($item->relative_url_cache));
     }
 
diff --git a/3.1/modules/bitly/helpers/bitly.php b/3.1/modules/bitly/helpers/bitly.php
index 8ef8391a..f006362e 100644
--- a/3.1/modules/bitly/helpers/bitly.php
+++ b/3.1/modules/bitly/helpers/bitly.php
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ class bitly_Core {
 
   /**
    * Check a login and an API Key against bit.ly to make sure they're valid
-   * @param  string   $login   the login
-   * @param  string   $api_key the API key
+   * @param  string   $login   bit.ly login
+   * @param  string   $api_key bit.ly API key
    * @return boolean
    */
   static function validate_config($login, $api_key) {
@@ -115,15 +115,15 @@ class bitly_Core {
   }
 
   /**
-   *
-   * @param <type> $type
-   * @param <type> $parameters
+   * Assemble a bitly API request
+   * @param string  $type    Type of API request, ex. shorten
+   * @param array   $params  Query string key/value pairs
    * @return string
    */
-  private static function _build_http_request($type, $parameters) {
+  private static function _build_http_request($type, $params) {
     $http_request = '';
-    if (!empty($type) && count($parameters)) {
-      foreach($parameters as $k => $v) {
+    if (!empty($type) && count($params)) {
+      foreach($params as $k => $v) {
         $query_string[] = "$k=" . urlencode($v);
       }
       $path = "/" . self::$api_version . "/$type?" . implode('&', $query_string);
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ class bitly_Core {
     $item = ORM::factory("item", $item_id);
     $short_url = '';
     $long_url = url::abs_site($item->relative_url_cache);
-
     $parameters = array(
       "login" => module::get_var("bitly", "login"),
       'apiKey' => module::get_var("bitly", "api_key"),
@@ -183,7 +182,6 @@ class bitly_Core {
       'domain' => module::get_var("bitly", "domain"),
       'format' => $format,
       );
-    
     $request = self::_build_http_request('shorten', $parameters);    
     $response = self::_http_post($request, self::$api_host);
     $json_response = json_decode($response->body[0]);
@@ -198,7 +196,6 @@ class bitly_Core {
       $link->global_hash = $json_response->data->global_hash;
       $link->save();
       return $json_response->data->url;
-      
     } else {
       $status_code = $json_response->status_code;
       log::error("content", "Shortened URL", "Error: $status_code $status_txt <a href=\"{$long_url}\">item</a>");