diff --git a/include/SFML/Audio/Music.hpp b/include/SFML/Audio/Music.hpp
index d154601b..5a0e00ca 100644
--- a/include/SFML/Audio/Music.hpp
+++ b/include/SFML/Audio/Music.hpp
@@ -189,11 +189,11 @@ public:
     TimeSpan getLoopPoints() const;
 
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    /// \brief Sets the beginning and end of the sound's looping sequence using sf::Time
+    /// \brief Sets the beginning and duration of the sound's looping sequence using sf::Time
     ///
-    /// Loop points allow one to specify a pair of positions such that, when the music
+    /// setLoopPoints() allows for specifying the beginning offset and the duration of the loop such that, when the music
     /// is enabled for looping, it will seamlessly seek to the beginning whenever it
-    /// encounters the end. Valid ranges for timePoints.offset and timePoints.length are
+    /// encounters the end of the duration. Valid ranges for timePoints.offset and timePoints.length are
     /// [0, Dur) and (0, Dur-offset] respectively, where Dur is the value returned by getDuration().
     /// Note that the EOF "loop point" from the end to the beginning of the stream is still honored,
     /// in case the caller seeks to a point after the end of the loop range. This function can be
diff --git a/src/SFML/Audio/SoundFileReaderWav.cpp b/src/SFML/Audio/SoundFileReaderWav.cpp
index 69539617..d5df82b4 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Audio/SoundFileReaderWav.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Audio/SoundFileReaderWav.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace
         if (static_cast<std::size_t>(stream.read(bytes, static_cast<sf::Int64>(sizeof(bytes)))) != sizeof(bytes))
             return false;
 
-        value = static_cast<sf::Uint8>(bytes[0] | (bytes[1] << 8));
+        value = static_cast<sf::Int16>(bytes[0] | (bytes[1] << 8));
 
         return true;
     }