diff --git a/modules/node/node.tpl.php b/modules/node/node.tpl.php
index 6d0f489..fd0062f 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.tpl.php
+++ b/modules/node/node.tpl.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *   CSS. It can be manipulated through the variable $classes_array from
  *   preprocess functions. The default values can be one or more of the
  *   following:
- *   - 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
  *     "Blog entry" it would result in "node-blog". Note that the machine
  *     name will often be in a short form of the human readable label.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  *
  * Other variables:
  * - $node: Full node object. Contains data that may not be safe.
- * - $type: Node type, i.e. story, page, blog, etc.
+ * - $type: Node type; for example, story, page, blog, 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.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
  * - $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, "full", "teaser".
  * - $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.
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@
  * - $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/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php b/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php
index f215b47..9115af2 100644
--- a/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php
+++ b/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *   CSS. It can be manipulated through the variable $classes_array from
  *   preprocess functions. The default values can be one or more of the
  *   following:
- *   - 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
  *     "Blog entry" it would result in "node-blog". Note that the machine
  *     name will often be in a short form of the human readable label.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  *
  * Other variables:
  * - $node: Full node object. Contains data that may not be safe.
- * - $type: Node type, i.e. story, page, blog, etc.
+ * - $type: Node type; for example, story, page, blog, 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.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
  * - $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, "full", "teaser".
  * - $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.
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@
  * - $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()