diff --git a/src/eva2/gui/BeanInspector.java b/src/eva2/gui/BeanInspector.java
index 6286e545..787538b7 100644
--- a/src/eva2/gui/BeanInspector.java
+++ b/src/eva2/gui/BeanInspector.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import eva2.util.annotation.Description;
 import eva2.util.annotation.Parameter;
 
 import java.beans.*;
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -984,6 +985,30 @@ public class BeanInspector {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Annotations on Fields are not retained when inherited. This method traverses the
+     * superclass hierarchy and looks for an annotation on a given field name.
+     *
+     * @param name Name of the field in the class
+     * @param c Class to start searching for the field with the annotation
+     * @param annotation The annotation to look for
+     * @param <T>
+     * @return Returns the annotation of the field if found, null otherwise
+     */
+    public static <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotationFromField(final String name, final Class c, final Class<T> annotation) {
+        for (Field field : c.getDeclaredFields()) {
+            if (field.isAnnotationPresent(annotation) && field.getName().equals(name)) {
+                return field.getAnnotation(annotation);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!c.getSuperclass().equals(Object.class)) {
+            return getAnnotationFromField(name, c.getSuperclass(), annotation);
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * This method simply looks for an appropriate tiptext
      *
@@ -998,11 +1023,9 @@ public class BeanInspector {
 
         // Find by annotation
         Parameter[] parameters= target.getClass().getAnnotationsByType(Parameter.class);
-        for (Field field : target.getClass().getDeclaredFields()) {
-            if (field.isAnnotationPresent(Parameter.class) && field.getName().equals(name)) {
-                Parameter parameter = field.getAnnotation(Parameter.class);
-                return parameter.description();
-            }
+        Parameter parameter = BeanInspector.getAnnotationFromField(name, target.getClass(), Parameter.class);
+        if (parameter != null) {
+            return parameter.description();
         }
 
         // Find by deprecated TipText method
diff --git a/src/eva2/gui/PropertySheetPanel.java b/src/eva2/gui/PropertySheetPanel.java
index b28da3ee..90570611 100644
--- a/src/eva2/gui/PropertySheetPanel.java
+++ b/src/eva2/gui/PropertySheetPanel.java
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ public class PropertySheetPanel extends JPanel implements PropertyChangeListener
                 itemIndex++;
                 newView = getView(propertyEditors[i]);
                 if (newView == null) {
-                    System.err.println("Warning: Property \"" + name + "\" has non-displayabale editor.  Skipping.");
+                    System.err.println("Warning: Property \"" + name + "\" has non-displayable editor.  Skipping.");
                     continue;
                 }
             } catch (Exception ex) {
@@ -424,7 +424,6 @@ public class PropertySheetPanel extends JPanel implements PropertyChangeListener
      * @return
      */
     private PropertyDescriptor[] reorderProperties(Method meth) {
-//        Mathematics.revertArray(oldProps, newProps);
         Object[] args = {};
         Object retV = null;
         PropertyDescriptor[] newProps = null;
diff --git a/src/eva2/problems/InterfaceAdditionalPopulationInformer.java b/src/eva2/problems/InterfaceAdditionalPopulationInformer.java
index 965c820a..7f73e140 100644
--- a/src/eva2/problems/InterfaceAdditionalPopulationInformer.java
+++ b/src/eva2/problems/InterfaceAdditionalPopulationInformer.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ public interface InterfaceAdditionalPopulationInformer {
     /**
      * This method returns the header for additional statistical data.
      *
-     * @param pop The population of the optimization run.
      * @return String
      */
     public String[] getAdditionalDataHeader();
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ public interface InterfaceAdditionalPopulationInformer {
     /**
      * Optionally return informative descriptions of the data fields.
      *
-     * @param pop
      * @return
      */
     public String[] getAdditionalDataInfo();
diff --git a/src/eva2/problems/InterfaceOptimizationProblem.java b/src/eva2/problems/InterfaceOptimizationProblem.java
index cfc73d07..7925bcd5 100644
--- a/src/eva2/problems/InterfaceOptimizationProblem.java
+++ b/src/eva2/problems/InterfaceOptimizationProblem.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public interface InterfaceOptimizationProblem extends InterfaceAdditionalPopulat
     public Object clone();
 
     /**
-     * This method inits the Problem to log multiruns
+     * This method initializes the Problem to log multiruns
      */
     public void initializeProblem();
 
diff --git a/src/eva2/util/annotation/Parameter.java b/src/eva2/util/annotation/Parameter.java
index 0dbc69f5..875954ae 100644
--- a/src/eva2/util/annotation/Parameter.java
+++ b/src/eva2/util/annotation/Parameter.java
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package eva2.util.annotation;
 
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
 
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
 public @interface Parameter {
     String name();