diff --git a/config/akka-reference.conf b/config/akka-reference.conf
index d59134d909..14933a3cac 100644
--- a/config/akka-reference.conf
+++ b/config/akka-reference.conf
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     service = on
     fair = on                     # should transactions be fair or non-fair (non fair yield better performance)
     max-nr-of-retries = 1000      # max nr of retries of a failing transaction before giving up
-    timeout = 10000               # transaction timeout; if transaction have not committed within the timeout then it is aborted
+    timeout = 10000               # transaction timeout; if transaction has not committed within the timeout then it is aborted
     distributed = off             # not implemented yet
   </stm>
  
diff --git a/config/akka.conf b/config/akka.conf
index 94f630089a..84b9bfbbcf 100644
--- a/config/akka.conf
+++ b/config/akka.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This config import the Akka reference configuration.
+# This config imports the Akka reference configuration.
 include "akka-reference.conf"
 
 # In this file you can override any option defined in the 'akka-reference.conf' file.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 49023e42c9..2e171337fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     * Persistence: A set of pluggable back-end storage modules that works in sync with the STM.
     * Cassandra distributed and highly scalable database.
     * MongoDB document database.
-    * Redis data structures database (upcoming)
+    * Redis data structures database.
     * REST (JAX-RS): Expose actors as REST services.
     * Comet: Expose actors as Comet services.
     * Security: Digest and Kerberos based security.