diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 009ad4da51afb48372a5514918d44dae439e539e..b2f4a27ed7f390c11bf74e92df7c541508f9011e 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -395,13 +395,13 @@ function drupal_initialize_variables() {
   // Enforce E_ALL, but allow users to set levels not part of E_ALL.
   error_reporting(E_ALL | error_reporting());
 
-  // Override PHP settings required for Drupal to work properly. The .htaccess
-  // file contains settings that cannot be changed at runtime. See
-  // sites/default/default.settings.php for more non-runtime settings.
+  // Override PHP settings required for Drupal to work properly.
+  // sites/default/default.settings.php contains more runtime settings.
+  // The .htaccess file contains settings that cannot be changed at runtime.
 
-  // Prevent PHP from generating HTML errors messages.
+  // Prevent PHP from generating HTML error messages.
   ini_set('html_errors', 0);
-  // Don't escape quotes when reading files from disk etc.
+  // Don't escape quotes when reading files from the database, disk, etc.
   ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', '0');
 }
 
diff --git a/sites/default/default.settings.php b/sites/default/default.settings.php
index 50b762f9ce122bf213082baed29d6976f366cb5a..e8043588040fa373c20ef30f1df2247298b5f0e6 100644
--- a/sites/default/default.settings.php
+++ b/sites/default/default.settings.php
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
  * PHP settings:
  *
  * To see what PHP settings are possible, including whether they can be set at
- * runtime (i.e., when ini_set() occurs), read the PHP documentation:
+ * runtime (by using ini_set()), read the PHP documentation:
  * http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.php#ini.list
  * See drupal_initialize_variables() in includes/bootstrap.inc for required
  * runtime settings and the .htaccess file for non-runtime settings. Settings