diff --git a/include/boost/math/special_functions/ellint_1.hpp b/include/boost/math/special_functions/ellint_1.hpp
index 35e02d35d..76818224e 100644
--- a/include/boost/math/special_functions/ellint_1.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/math/special_functions/ellint_1.hpp
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ BOOST_FORCEINLINE typename tools::promote_args<T>::type ellint_1(T k)
 
 // Elliptic integral (Legendre form) of the first kind
 template <class T1, class T2, class Policy>
-BOOST_FORCEINLINE typename tools::promote_args<T1, T2>::type ellint_1(T1 k, T2 phi, const Policy& pol)
+BOOST_FORCEINLINE typename tools::promote_args<T1, T2>::type ellint_1(T1 k, T2 phi, const Policy& pol)  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE gcc misses this but sees the function body, strange!
 {
    typedef typename tools::promote_args<T1, T2>::type result_type;
    typedef typename policies::evaluation<result_type, Policy>::type value_type;
diff --git a/include/boost/math/special_functions/ellint_2.hpp b/include/boost/math/special_functions/ellint_2.hpp
index 89e0d6caa..442f226eb 100644
--- a/include/boost/math/special_functions/ellint_2.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/math/special_functions/ellint_2.hpp
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ BOOST_FORCEINLINE typename tools::promote_args<T1, T2>::type ellint_2(T1 k, T2 p
 }
 
 template <class T1, class T2, class Policy>
-BOOST_FORCEINLINE typename tools::promote_args<T1, T2>::type ellint_2(T1 k, T2 phi, const Policy& pol)
+BOOST_FORCEINLINE typename tools::promote_args<T1, T2>::type ellint_2(T1 k, T2 phi, const Policy& pol)  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE gcc misses this but sees the function body, strange!
 {
    typedef typename tools::promote_args<T1, T2>::type result_type;
    typedef typename policies::evaluation<result_type, Policy>::type value_type;
diff --git a/include/boost/math/special_functions/ellint_3.hpp b/include/boost/math/special_functions/ellint_3.hpp
index dd371d3d6..33acc545d 100644
--- a/include/boost/math/special_functions/ellint_3.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/math/special_functions/ellint_3.hpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ T ellint_pi_imp(T v, T phi, T k, T vc, const Policy& pol)
       if(fabs(phi) > 1 / tools::epsilon<T>())
       {
          // Invalid for v > 1, this case is caught above since v > 1 implies 1/v < sin^2(phi)
-         BOOST_ASSERT(v <= 1);
+         BOOST_MATH_ASSERT(v <= 1);
          //  
          // Phi is so large that phi%pi is necessarily zero (or garbage),
          // just return the second part of the duplication formula: