diff --git a/src/gui/activitywidget.cpp b/src/gui/activitywidget.cpp
index 86f259ff71..a8be2449ae 100644
--- a/src/gui/activitywidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/activitywidget.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace OCC {
 ActivityWidget::ActivityWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     QWidget(parent),
     _ui(new Ui::ActivityWidget),
-    _notificationRequests(0)
+    _notificationRequestsRunning(0)
 {
     _ui->setupUi(this);
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void ActivityWidget::slotRefresh(AccountState *ptr)
 
     // start a server notification handler if no notification requests
     // are running
-    if( _notificationRequests == 0 ) {
+    if( _notificationRequestsRunning == 0 ) {
         ServerNotificationHandler *snh = new ServerNotificationHandler;
         connect(snh, SIGNAL(newNotificationList(ActivityList)), this,
                 SLOT(slotBuildNotificationDisplay(ActivityList)));
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ void ActivityWidget::slotSendNotificationRequest(const QString& accountName, con
 
             // count the number of running notification requests. If this member var
             // is larger than zero, no new fetching of notifications is started
-            _notificationRequests++;
+            _notificationRequestsRunning++;
         }
     } else {
         qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "Notification Links: Invalid verb:" << verb;
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ void ActivityWidget::slotSendNotificationRequest(const QString& accountName, con
 
 void ActivityWidget::endNotificationRequest( NotificationWidget *widget, int replyCode )
 {
-    _notificationRequests--;
+    _notificationRequestsRunning--;
     if( widget ) {
         widget->slotNotificationRequestFinished(replyCode);
     }
diff --git a/src/gui/activitywidget.h b/src/gui/activitywidget.h
index a2d5c81168..01c591433d 100644
--- a/src/gui/activitywidget.h
+++ b/src/gui/activitywidget.h
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ private:
     QMap<int, NotificationWidget*> _widgetForNotifId;
     QElapsedTimer _guiLogTimer;
     QSet<int> _guiLoggedNotifications;
-    int _notificationRequests;
+
+    // number of currently running notification requests. If non zero,
+    // no query for notifications is started.
+    int _notificationRequestsRunning;
 
     ActivityListModel *_model;
     QVBoxLayout *_notificationsLayout;
diff --git a/src/gui/notificationconfirmjob.h b/src/gui/notificationconfirmjob.h
index 3f0e8bb6ba..7ae57bb417 100644
--- a/src/gui/notificationconfirmjob.h
+++ b/src/gui/notificationconfirmjob.h
@@ -42,19 +42,29 @@ public:
     explicit NotificationConfirmJob(AccountPtr account);
 
     /**
-     * Set the verb and link for the job
+     * @brief Set the verb and link for the job
      *
      * @param verb currently supported GET PUT POST DELETE
      */
     void setLinkAndVerb(const QUrl& link, const QString &verb);
 
     /**
-     * Start the OCS request
+     * @brief Start the OCS request
      */
     void start() Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
 
+    /**
+     * @brief setWidget stores the associated widget to be able to use
+     *        it when the job has finished
+     * @param widget pointer to the notification widget to store
+     */
     void setWidget( NotificationWidget *widget );
 
+    /**
+     * @brief widget - get the associated notification widget as stored
+     *        with setWidget method.
+     * @return widget pointer to the notification widget
+     */
     NotificationWidget *widget();
 
 signals: