diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/SocketType.h b/libraries/networking/src/SocketType.h
index c63ee0cf34..a798fb59c6 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/SocketType.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/SocketType.h
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@
 /// @{
 
 
-/// @brief The network socket type.
+/// @brief The types of network socket.
 enum class SocketType {
     Unknown,    ///< Unknown socket type.
     UDP,        ///< UDP socket.
-    WebRTC      ///< WebRTC socket.
+    WebRTC      ///< WebRTC socket. A WebRTC data channel presented as a UDP-style socket.
 };
 
-/// @brief Returns the name of a SocketType value as a string.
+/// @brief Returns the name of a SocketType value, e.g., <code>"WebRTC"</code>.
 /// @param socketType The SocketType value.
-/// @return The name of the SocketType value as a string.
+/// @return The name of the SocketType value.
 static QString socketTypeToString(SocketType socketType) {
     static QStringList SOCKET_TYPE_STRINGS { "Unknown", "UDP", "WebRTC" };
     return SOCKET_TYPE_STRINGS[(int)socketType];
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/webrtc/WebRTCSocket.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/webrtc/WebRTCSocket.cpp
index 5c6e3ce292..b9eee027a1 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/webrtc/WebRTCSocket.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/webrtc/WebRTCSocket.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 WebRTCSocket::WebRTCSocket(QObject* parent, NodeType_t nodeType) :
     QObject(parent),
-    _parent(parent),
     _signalingServer(this /*, QHostAddress::AnyIPv4, DEFAULT_DOMAIN_SERVER_WS_PORT*/),
     _dataChannels(this, nodeType)
 {
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/webrtc/WebRTCSocket.h b/libraries/networking/src/webrtc/WebRTCSocket.h
index 9b2011b620..8d5d5fc347 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/webrtc/WebRTCSocket.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/webrtc/WebRTCSocket.h
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ private:
     void setError(QAbstractSocket::SocketError errorType, QString errorString);
     void clearError();
 
-    QObject* _parent;
     WebRTCSignalingServer _signalingServer;
     WebRTCDataChannels _dataChannels;