diff --git a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
index f7de0b37ebed..dfbfc3cb5ec8 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ options 	FFS_ROOT		#FFS usable as root device [keep this!]
 options 	MFS			#Memory Filesystem
 options 	MD_ROOT			#MD is a potential root device
 options 	NFS			#Network Filesystem
-options 	NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as root device, "NFS" req'ed
+options 	NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as root device, NFS required
 options 	MSDOSFS			#MSDOS Filesystem
 options 	CD9660			#ISO 9660 Filesystem
-options 	CD9660_ROOT		#CD-ROM usable as root. "CD9660" req'ed
+options 	CD9660_ROOT		#CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 required
 options 	PROCFS			#Process filesystem
 options 	COMPAT_43		#Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
 options 	SCSI_DELAY=15000	#Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
 options 	UCONSOLE		#Allow users to grab the console
 options 	USERCONFIG		#boot -c editor
 options 	VISUAL_USERCONFIG	#visual boot -c editor
-options 	KTRACE			#ktrace(1) syscall trace support
+options 	KTRACE			#ktrace(1) support
 options 	SYSVSHM			#SYSV-style shared memory
 options 	SYSVMSG			#SYSV-style message queues
 options 	SYSVSEM			#SYSV-style semaphores
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC b/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
index f7de0b37ebed..dfbfc3cb5ec8 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ options 	FFS_ROOT		#FFS usable as root device [keep this!]
 options 	MFS			#Memory Filesystem
 options 	MD_ROOT			#MD is a potential root device
 options 	NFS			#Network Filesystem
-options 	NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as root device, "NFS" req'ed
+options 	NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as root device, NFS required
 options 	MSDOSFS			#MSDOS Filesystem
 options 	CD9660			#ISO 9660 Filesystem
-options 	CD9660_ROOT		#CD-ROM usable as root. "CD9660" req'ed
+options 	CD9660_ROOT		#CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 required
 options 	PROCFS			#Process filesystem
 options 	COMPAT_43		#Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
 options 	SCSI_DELAY=15000	#Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
 options 	UCONSOLE		#Allow users to grab the console
 options 	USERCONFIG		#boot -c editor
 options 	VISUAL_USERCONFIG	#visual boot -c editor
-options 	KTRACE			#ktrace(1) syscall trace support
+options 	KTRACE			#ktrace(1) support
 options 	SYSVSHM			#SYSV-style shared memory
 options 	SYSVMSG			#SYSV-style message queues
 options 	SYSVSEM			#SYSV-style semaphores
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/NEWCARD b/sys/i386/conf/NEWCARD
index d2eb7ad352d7..5d1bac198e21 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/NEWCARD
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/NEWCARD
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@ options 	FFS_ROOT		#FFS usable as root device [keep this!]
 options 	MFS			#Memory Filesystem
 options 	MD_ROOT			#MD is a potential root device
 options 	NFS			#Network Filesystem
-options 	NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as root device, "NFS" req'ed
+options 	NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as root device, NFS required
 options 	MSDOSFS			#MSDOS Filesystem
 options 	CD9660			#ISO 9660 Filesystem
-options 	CD9660_ROOT		#CD-ROM usable as root. "CD9660" req'ed
+options 	CD9660_ROOT		#CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 required
 options 	PROCFS			#Process filesystem
 options 	COMPAT_43		#Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
 options 	SCSI_DELAY=15000	#Be pessimistic about Joe SCSI device
 options 	UCONSOLE		#Allow users to grab the console
 options 	USERCONFIG		#boot -c editor
 options 	VISUAL_USERCONFIG	#visual boot -c editor
-options 	KTRACE			#ktrace(1) syscall trace support
+options 	KTRACE			#ktrace(1) support
 options 	SYSVSHM			#SYSV-style shared memory
 options 	SYSVMSG			#SYSV-style message queues
 options 	SYSVSEM			#SYSV-style semaphores