diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/security/CertificateProvider.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/security/CertificateProvider.cs
index f54291542f..754f4c33a7 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/security/CertificateProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/security/CertificateProvider.cs
@@ -2251,8 +2251,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="returnNames"> whether we only need the names </param>
         /// <param name="filter"> filter info </param>
-        /// <returns>Does not return a value.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
+        /// <returns> Does not return a value.</returns>
         private void GetChildItemsOrNames(
             string path,
             bool recurse,
@@ -2516,8 +2515,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
         /// <param name="recurse"> recursively return all items if true </param>
         /// <param name="returnNames">  </param>
         /// <param name="filter"> filter info </param>
-        /// <returns>Does not return a value.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
+        /// <returns> Does not return a value.</returns>
         private void GetStoresOrNames(
             string path,
             bool recurse,
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/security/Utils.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/security/Utils.cs
index d17e425b7f..bc75dafa67 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/security/Utils.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/security/Utils.cs
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
         /// gets the size of a file
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="filePath"> path to file </param>
-        /// <returns>File size .</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
+        /// <returns>File size.</returns>
         internal static long GetFileSize(string filePath)
         {
             long size = 0;
@@ -35,8 +34,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="hostUI"> ref to host ui interface </param>
         /// <param name="prompt"> prompt text </param>
-        /// <returns>User input as secure string.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
+        /// <returns> user input as secure string.</returns>
         internal static SecureString PromptForSecureString(PSHostUserInterface hostUI,
                                                            string prompt)
         {
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
         /// <param name="errorId"> error identifier </param>
         /// <param name="args"> replacement params for resource string formatting </param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal static
         ErrorRecord CreateFileNotFoundErrorRecord(string resourceStr,
                                                   string errorId,
@@ -84,7 +81,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
         /// <param name="path"> path that was not found </param>
         /// <param name="errorId"> error identifier </param>
         /// <returns>ErrorRecord instance.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal static
         ErrorRecord CreatePathNotFoundErrorRecord(string path,
                                                   string errorId)
@@ -108,7 +104,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
         /// <param name="errorId"> error identifier </param>
         /// <param name="args"> replacement params for resource string formatting </param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal static
         ErrorRecord CreateNotSupportedErrorRecord(string resourceStr,
                                                   string errorId,
@@ -134,7 +129,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
         /// <param name="e"> exception to include in ErrorRecord </param>
         /// <param name="errorId"> error identifier </param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal static
         ErrorRecord CreateInvalidArgumentErrorRecord(Exception e,
                                                      string errorId)
@@ -161,7 +155,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
         /// filesystem path if all conditions are true,
         /// null otherwise
         /// </returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal static string GetFilePathOfExistingFile(PSCmdlet cmdlet,
                                                          string path)
         {
@@ -177,4 +170,3 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
         }
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/RunspaceInit.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/RunspaceInit.cs
index 1e7052d560..4a52d11be5 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/RunspaceInit.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/RunspaceInit.cs
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Runspaces
         /// initialize default values of preference vars
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>Does not return a value.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
-
         private void InitializeDefaults()
         {
             SessionStateInternal ss = _engine.Context.EngineSessionState;
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/regex.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/regex.cs
index 1626b176cf..c923d110ac 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/regex.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/regex.cs
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
         /// Instantiate internal regex member if not already done.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>True on success, false otherwise.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         private void Init()
         {
             if (_isMatch == null)
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/security/Authenticode.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/security/Authenticode.cs
index 2c792cf880..de73a33dba 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/security/Authenticode.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/security/Authenticode.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
         /// <exception cref="System.IO.FileNotFoundException">
         /// Thrown if the file specified by argument fileName is not found
         /// </exception>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         [ArchitectureSensitive]
         internal static Signature SignFile(SigningOption option,
                                            string fileName,
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
         /// <exception cref="System.IO.FileNotFoundException">
         /// Thrown if the file specified by argument fileName is not found.
         /// </exception>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         [ArchitectureSensitive]
         internal static Signature GetSignature(string fileName, string fileContent)
         {
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/security/MshSignature.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/security/MshSignature.cs
index 98fdcc1abe..9eaca93479 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/security/MshSignature.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/security/MshSignature.cs
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
         /// <param name="signer"> cert of the signer </param>
         /// <param name="timestamper"> cert of the time stamper </param>
         /// <returns>Constructed object.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal Signature(string filePath,
                            DWORD error,
                            X509Certificate2 signer,
@@ -216,7 +215,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
         /// <param name="filePath"> this signature is found in this file </param>
         /// <param name="signer"> cert of the signer </param>
         /// <returns>Constructed object.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal Signature(string filePath,
                            X509Certificate2 signer)
         {
@@ -235,7 +233,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
         /// <param name="error"> win32 error code </param>
         /// <param name="signer"> cert of the signer </param>
         /// <returns>Constructed object.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal Signature(string filePath,
                            DWORD error,
                            X509Certificate2 signer)
@@ -254,7 +251,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
         /// <param name="filePath"> this signature is found in this file </param>
         /// <param name="error"> win32 error code </param>
         /// <returns>Constructed object.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal Signature(string filePath, DWORD error)
         {
             Utils.CheckArgForNullOrEmpty(filePath, "filePath");
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/security/SecureStringHelper.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/security/SecureStringHelper.cs
index ba60a70dd6..b6d73c6ebb 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/security/SecureStringHelper.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/security/SecureStringHelper.cs
@@ -203,8 +203,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="input"> input string to encrypt </param>
         /// <param name="key"> encryption key </param>
-        /// <returns>A string (see summary) .</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
+        /// <returns>A string (see summary).</returns>
         internal static EncryptionResult Encrypt(SecureString input, SecureString key)
         {
             EncryptionResult output = null;
@@ -233,8 +232,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="input"> input string to encrypt </param>
         /// <param name="key"> encryption key </param>
-        /// <returns>A string (see summary) .</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
+        /// <returns>A string (see summary).</returns>
         internal static EncryptionResult Encrypt(SecureString input, byte[] key)
         {
             return Encrypt(input, key, null);
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/security/SecuritySupport.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/security/SecuritySupport.cs
index 8002c2afea..a0289063f6 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/security/SecuritySupport.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/security/SecuritySupport.cs
@@ -582,7 +582,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Internal
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="filePath"> path to file </param>
         /// <returns>Does not return a value.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal static void CheckIfFileExists(string filePath)
         {
             if (!File.Exists(filePath))
@@ -597,7 +596,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Internal
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="c"> certificate object </param>
         /// <returns>True on success, false otherwise.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal static bool CertIsGoodForSigning(X509Certificate2 c)
         {
             if (!CertHasPrivatekey(c))
@@ -615,7 +613,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Internal
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="c"> certificate object </param>
         /// <returns>True on success, false otherwise.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal static bool CertIsGoodForEncryption(X509Certificate2 c)
         {
             return (
@@ -663,7 +660,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Internal
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="cert"> certificate object </param>
         /// <returns>True on success, false otherwise.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal static bool CertHasPrivatekey(X509Certificate2 cert)
         {
             return cert.HasPrivateKey;
@@ -674,7 +670,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Internal
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="cert"> certificate object </param>
         /// <returns>A collection of cert eku strings.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         [ArchitectureSensitive]
         internal static Collection<string> GetCertEKU(X509Certificate2 cert)
         {
@@ -733,7 +728,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Internal
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="n"> signed int number  </param>
         /// <returns>DWORD.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal static DWORD GetDWORDFromInt(int n)
         {
             UInt32 result = BitConverter.ToUInt32(BitConverter.GetBytes(n), 0);
@@ -745,7 +739,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Internal
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="n"> number </param>
         /// <returns>Int.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>  </remarks>
         internal static int GetIntFromDWORD(DWORD n)
         {
             Int64 n64 = n - 0x100000000L;