diff -u b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleCompareTest.php b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleCompareTest.php
--- b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleCompareTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleCompareTest.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     // Check if interface translation data is collected from hook_info.
     drupal_static_reset('locale_translation_project_list');
     $projects = locale_translation_project_list();
-    $this->assertEqual($projects['locale_test']['info']['interface translation server pattern'], 'core/modules/locale/test/modules/locale_test/%project-%version.%language.po', t('Interface translation parameter found in project info.'));
+    $this->assertEqual($projects['locale_test']['info']['interface translation server pattern'], 'core/modules/locale/test/modules/locale_test/%project-%version.%language.po', 'Interface translation parameter found in project info.');
     $this->assertEqual($projects['locale_test']['name'] , 'locale_test', format_string('%key found in project info.', array('%key' => 'interface translation project')));
 
     // Check if disabled modules are detected.
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@
     variable_set('locale_translation_check_disabled', TRUE);
     drupal_static_reset('locale_translation_project_list');
     $projects = locale_translation_get_projects();
-    $this->assertEqual($projects['drupal']->name, 'drupal', t('Core project found'));
-    $this->assertEqual($projects['locale_test']->server_pattern, 'core/modules/locale/test/modules/locale_test/%project-%version.%language.po', t('Interface translation parameter found in project info.'));
-    $this->assertEqual($projects['locale_test_disabled']->status, '0', t('Disabled module found'));
+    $this->assertEqual($projects['drupal']->name, 'drupal', 'Core project found');
+    $this->assertEqual($projects['locale_test']->server_pattern, 'core/modules/locale/test/modules/locale_test/%project-%version.%language.po', 'Interface translation parameter found in project info.');
+    $this->assertEqual($projects['locale_test_disabled']->status, '0', 'Disabled module found');
     variable_del('locale_translation_check_disabled');
 
     // Return the locale test modules back to their hidden state.
diff -u b/core/modules/locale/locale.api.php b/core/modules/locale/locale.api.php
--- b/core/modules/locale/locale.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.api.php
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
  * .info file properties for interface translation settings.
  *
  * Modules hosted on drupal.org, a project definition is automatically added to
- * the .info file. Only modules with this project defintion are discovered by
+ * the .info file. Only modules with this project definition are discovered by
  * the update module and use it to check for new releases. Locale module uses
- * the same data to build a list of module to check for new tranlations.
+ * the same data to build a list of module to check for new translations.
  * Therefore modules not hosted at drupal.org, such as custom modules, custom
  * themes, features and distributions, need a way to identify themselves to
  * the Locale module if they have translations that require to be updated.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
  * - "interface translation server pattern": URL of the .po translation files
  *   used to download the files from. The URL contains tokens which will be
  *   replaced by appropriate values. The file can be locate both at a local
- *   relateve path, a local absolute path and a remote server location.
+ *   relative path, a local absolute path and a remote server location.
  *
  * The following tokens are available for the server pattern:
  * - "%core": Core version. Value example: "8.x".
diff -u b/core/modules/locale/locale.install b/core/modules/locale/locale.install
--- b/core/modules/locale/locale.install
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.install
@@ -168,38 +168,38 @@
       'name' => array(
         'description' => 'A unique short name to identify the project.',
         'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => '255',
+        'length' => 255,
         'not null' => TRUE,
       ),
       'project_type' => array(
         'description' => 'Project type, may be core, module, theme',
         'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => '12',
+        'length' => 12,
         'not null' => TRUE,
       ),
       'core' => array(
         'description' => 'Core compatibility string for this project.',
         'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => '128',
+        'length' => 4,
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => '',
       ),
       'version' => array(
-        'description' => 'The release version',
+        'description' => 'The version release of the project.',
         'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => '128',
+        'length' => 128,
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => '',
       ),
       'server_pattern' => array(
         'description' => 'Pattern of path and name of the gettext file at the translation server.',
         'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => '255',
+        'length' => 255,
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => '',
       ),
       'status' => array(
-        'description' => 'Status flag. TBD',
+        'description' => 'The update status of the project.',
         'type' => 'int',
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => 1,
@@ -690,38 +690,38 @@
       'name' => array(
         'description' => 'A unique short name to identify the project.',
         'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => '50',
+        'length' => 255,
         'not null' => TRUE,
       ),
       'project_type' => array(
         'description' => 'Project type, may be core, module, theme',
         'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => '50',
+        'length' => 12,
         'not null' => TRUE,
       ),
       'core' => array(
         'description' => 'Core compatibility string for this project.',
         'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => '128',
+        'length' => 4,
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => '',
       ),
       'version' => array(
-        'description' => 'Human readable name for project used on the interface.',
+        'description' => 'The release version of the project.',
         'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => '128',
+        'length' => 128,
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => '',
       ),
       'server_pattern' => array(
         'description' => 'Pattern of path and name of the gettext file at the translation server.',
         'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => '255',
+        'length' => 255,
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => '',
       ),
       'status' => array(
-        'description' => 'Status flag. TBD',
+        'description' => 'The update status of the project.',
         'type' => 'int',
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => 1,