diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 3d7a6050d0..1438904fe2 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # This is the reference config file that contains all the default settings.
 # Make your edits/overrides in your application.conf.
 
-# comments above akka.actor settings left out where they are already in akka-
+# comments about akka.actor settings left out where they are already in akka-
 # actor.jar, because otherwise they would be repeated in config rendering.
 
 akka {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ akka {
     # untrusted clients to connect.
     untrusted-mode = off
 
-    # Timeout for ACK of cluster operations, lik checking actor out etc.
+    # Timeout for ACK of cluster operations, like checking actor out etc.
     remote-daemon-ack-timeout = 30s
 
     # If this is "on", Akka will log all inbound messages at DEBUG level, if off then they are not logged
@@ -76,16 +76,16 @@ akka {
     # to client).
     netty {
 
-      # (O) In case of increased latency / overflow how long
-      # should we wait (blocking the sender) until we deem the send to be cancelled?
+      # (O) In case of increased latency / overflow how long should we wait (blocking the sender)
+      # until we deem the send to be cancelled?
       # 0 means "never backoff", any positive number will indicate time to block at most.
       backoff-timeout = 0ms
 
       # (I&O) Generate your own with '$AKKA_HOME/scripts/generate_config_with_secure_cookie.sh'
-      #     or using 'akka.util.Crypt.generateSecureCookie'
+      # or using 'akka.util.Crypt.generateSecureCookie'
       secure-cookie = ""
 
-      # (I) Should the remote server require that it peers share the same secure-cookie
+      # (I) Should the remote server require that its peers share the same secure-cookie
       # (defined in the 'remote' section)?
       require-cookie = off