diff --git a/test/test_config.py b/test/test_config.py
index ec9bb5b790..82b391c0c9 100644
--- a/test/test_config.py
+++ b/test/test_config.py
@@ -42,22 +42,22 @@
     '#sopel',
     '&peculiar',
     '#private',
-    '"#startquote',  # start quote withtout end quote: kept
+    '"#startquote',  # start quote without end quote: kept
     '&endquote"',
     '"&quoted"',  # quoted, but no #: quotes kept
 ]
 
 if sys.version_info.major < 3:
-    # Python 2.7's ConfigParser interpret as comments
+    # Python 2.7's ConfigParser interprets as comment
     # a line that starts with # or ;.
-    # Python 3 on the other hand, allow comments to be indented.
+    # Python 3, on the other hand, allows comments to be indented.
     # As a result, the same config file will result in a different
-    # config file depending on the Python version used.
+    # config object depending on the Python version used.
     # TODO: Deprecated with Python 2.7.
     TEST_CHANNELS = [
         '#sopel',
         '&peculiar',
-        '# python 3 only comment',  # indented line are not comment for Py2
+        '# python 3 only comment',  # indented lines cannot be comments in Py2
         '#private',
         '"#startquote',
         '&endquote"',
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ def test_save_modified_config(multi_fakeconfig):
         '#sopel',
         '#private',
         '&peculiar',
-        '"#startquote',  # start quote withtout end quote: kept
+        '"#startquote',  # start quote without end quote: kept
         '&endquote"',
         '"&quoted"',  # doesn't start with a # so it isn't escaped
     ]