diff --git a/src/client/cl_console.c b/src/client/cl_console.c
index 827ad6db..db449a32 100644
--- a/src/client/cl_console.c
+++ b/src/client/cl_console.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ extern int edit_line;
 extern int key_linepos;
 
 void
-DrawStringScaled(int x, int y, char *s, float factor)
+DrawStringScaled(int x, int y, const char *s, float factor)
 {
 	while (*s)
 	{
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ DrawStringScaled(int x, int y, char *s, float factor)
 }
 
 void
-DrawAltStringScaled(int x, int y, char *s, float factor)
+DrawAltStringScaled(int x, int y, const char *s, float factor)
 {
 	while (*s)
 	{
diff --git a/src/client/cl_download.c b/src/client/cl_download.c
index a95fbdb3..24d0551a 100644
--- a/src/client/cl_download.c
+++ b/src/client/cl_download.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ CL_RequestNextDownload(void)
 		precache_check = CS_PLAYERSKINS;
 	}
 
-	/* skins are special, since a player has three 
+	/* skins are special, since a player has three
 	   things to download:  model, weapon model and
 	   skin so precache_check is now *3 */
 	if ((precache_check >= CS_PLAYERSKINS) &&
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ CL_DownloadFileName(char *dest, int destlen, char *fn)
  * to start a download from the server.
  */
 qboolean
-CL_CheckOrDownloadFile(char *filename)
+CL_CheckOrDownloadFile(const char *filename)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
 	char name[MAX_OSPATH];
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ CL_CheckOrDownloadFile(char *filename)
 	COM_StripExtension(cls.downloadname, cls.downloadtempname);
 	strcat(cls.downloadtempname, ".tmp");
 
-	/* check to see if we already have a tmp for this 
+	/* check to see if we already have a tmp for this
 	   file, if so, try to resume and open the file if
 	   not opened yet */
 	CL_DownloadFileName(name, sizeof(name), cls.downloadtempname);
diff --git a/src/client/header/client.h b/src/client/header/client.h
index 9f57d3d5..fdcc2bd8 100644
--- a/src/client/header/client.h
+++ b/src/client/header/client.h
@@ -338,11 +338,11 @@ extern	sizebuf_t	net_message;
 
 extern qboolean paused_at_load;
 
-void DrawString (int x, int y, char *s);
-void DrawStringScaled(int x, int y, char *s, float factor);
-void DrawAltString (int x, int y, char *s);	/* toggle high bit */
-void DrawAltStringScaled(int x, int y, char *s, float factor);
-qboolean	CL_CheckOrDownloadFile (char *filename);
+void DrawString (int x, int y, const char *s);
+void DrawStringScaled(int x, int y, const char *s, float factor);
+void DrawAltString (int x, int y, const char *s);	/* toggle high bit */
+void DrawAltStringScaled(int x, int y, const char *s, float factor);
+qboolean	CL_CheckOrDownloadFile (const char *filename);
 
 void CL_AddNetgraph (void);