diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/messageformat2.cpp b/icu4c/source/i18n/messageformat2.cpp
index b56b5e281d1f..30ab1b28457b 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/messageformat2.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/messageformat2.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ FunctionOptions MessageFormatter::resolveOptions(const Environment& env, const O
 
         // The option is resolved; add it to the vector
         ResolvedFunctionOption resolvedOpt(k, std::move(optVal), status);
-        LocalPointer p(create<ResolvedFunctionOption>(std::move(resolvedOpt), status));
+        LocalPointer<ResolvedFunctionOption>
+            p(create<ResolvedFunctionOption>(std::move(resolvedOpt), status));
         EMPTY_ON_ERROR(status);
         optionsVector->adoptElement(p.orphan(), status);
     }
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/messageformat2_evaluation.h b/icu4c/source/i18n/messageformat2_evaluation.h
index 3d605fc22155..f4387fbde419 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/messageformat2_evaluation.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/messageformat2_evaluation.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace message2 {
 
     // InternalValue tracks a value along with, possibly, a function that needs
     // to be applied to it in the future (once the value is required
-    // (by a .match or pattern));
+    // (by a .match or pattern, or another function));
     // while FormattedPlaceholder tracks a value and how it was constructed in the
     // past (by a function, or from a literal or argument).