diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.tpl.php b/core/modules/node/node.tpl.php
index 1d90054..4645beb 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.tpl.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.tpl.php
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@
  * - $attributes: An instance of Attributes class that can be manipulated as an
  *    array and printed as a string.
  *    It includes the 'class' information, which includes:
- *   - node: The current template type, i.e., "theming hook".
+ *   - node: The current template type; for example, "theming hook".
  *   - node-[type]: The current node type. For example, if the node is a
  *     "Article" it would result in "node-article". Note that the machine
  *     name will often be in a short form of the human readable label.
- *   - view-mode-[view_mode]: The View Mode of the node e.g. teaser or full.
+ *   - view-mode-[view_mode]: The View Mode of the node; for example, "teaser"
+ *     or "full".
  *   - preview: Nodes in preview mode.
  *   The following are controlled through the node publishing options.
  *   - promoted: Nodes promoted to the front page.
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
  *
  * Other variables:
  * - $node: Full node entity. Contains data that may not be safe.
- * - $type: Node type, i.e. page, article, etc.
+ * - $type: Node type; for example, page, article, etc.
  * - $comment_count: Number of comments attached to the node.
  * - $uid: User ID of the node author.
  * - $created: Time the node was published formatted in Unix timestamp.
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
  * - $id: Position of the node. Increments each time it's output.
  *
  * Node status variables:
- * - $view_mode: View mode, e.g. 'full', 'teaser'...
+ * - $view_mode: View mode; for example, "teaser" or "full".
  * - $teaser: Flag for the teaser state (shortcut for $view_mode == 'teaser').
  * - $page: Flag for the full page state.
  * - $promote: Flag for front page promotion state.
@@ -64,11 +65,11 @@
  * - $is_admin: Flags true when the current user is an administrator.
  *
  * Field variables: for each field instance attached to the node a corresponding
- * variable is defined, e.g. $node->body becomes $body. When needing to access
- * a field's raw values, developers/themers are strongly encouraged to use these
- * variables. Otherwise they will have to explicitly specify the desired field
- * language, e.g. $node->body['en'], thus overriding any language negotiation
- * rule that was previously applied.
+ * variable is defined; for example, $node->body becomes $body. When needing to
+ * access a field's raw values, developers/themers are strongly encouraged to
+ * use these variables. Otherwise they will have to explicitly specify the
+ * desired field language; for example, $node->body['en'], thus overriding any
+ * language negotiation rule that was previously applied.
  *
  * @see template_preprocess()
  * @see template_preprocess_node()
diff --git a/core/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php b/core/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php
index baf45c0..4a90aa7 100644
--- a/core/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php
+++ b/core/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
  *   given element.
  * - $user_picture: The node author's picture from user-picture.tpl.php.
  * - $date: Formatted creation date. Preprocess functions can reformat it by
- *   calling format_date() with the desired parameters on the $created
- *   variable.
+ *   calling format_date() with the desired parameters on the $created variable.
  * - $name: Themed username of node author output from theme_username().
  * - $node_url: Direct url of the current node.
  * - $display_submitted: Whether submission information should be displayed.
@@ -22,11 +21,12 @@
  * - $attributes: An instance of Attributes class that can be manipulated as an
  *    array and printed as a string.
  *    It includes the 'class' information, which includes:
- *   - node: The current template type, i.e., "theming hook".
+ *   - node: The current template type; for example, "theming hook".
  *   - node-[type]: The current node type. For example, if the node is a
  *     "Article" it would result in "node-article". Note that the machine
  *     name will often be in a short form of the human readable label.
- *   - view-mode-[view_mode]: The View Mode of the node e.g. teaser or full.
+ *   - view-mode-[view_mode]: The View Mode of the node; for example, "teaser"
+ *     or "full".
  *   - preview: Nodes in preview mode.
  *   The following are controlled through the node publishing options.
  *   - promoted: Nodes promoted to the front page.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  *
  * Other variables:
  * - $node: Full node entity. Contains data that may not be safe.
- * - $type: Node type, i.e. page, article, etc.
+ * - $type: Node type; for example, page, article, etc.
  * - $comment_count: Number of comments attached to the node.
  * - $uid: User ID of the node author.
  * - $created: Time the node was published formatted in Unix timestamp.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
  * - $id: Position of the node. Increments each time it's output.
  *
  * Node status variables:
- * - $view_mode: View mode, e.g. 'full', 'teaser'...
+ * - $view_mode: View mode; for example, "teaser" or "full".
  * - $teaser: Flag for the teaser state (shortcut for $view_mode == 'teaser').
  * - $page: Flag for the full page state.
  * - $promote: Flag for front page promotion state.
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@
  * - $is_admin: Flags true when the current user is an administrator.
  *
  * Field variables: For each field instance attached to the node a
- * corresponding variable is defined, e.g. $node->body becomes $body. When
- * needing to access a field's raw values, developers/themers are strongly
+ * corresponding variable is defined; for example, $node->body becomes $body.
+ * When needing to access a field's raw values, developers/themers are strongly
  * encouraged to use these variables. Otherwise they will have to explicitly
- * specify the desired field language, e.g. $node->body['en'], thus overriding
- * any language negotiation rule that was previously applied.
+ * specify the desired field language; for example, $node->body['en'], thus
+ * overriding any language negotiation rule that was previously applied.
  *
  * @see template_preprocess()
  * @see template_preprocess_node()