diff --git a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleCompareTest.php b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleCompareTest.php
index 8aa109a..2e85afa 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleCompareTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleCompareTest.php
@@ -54,19 +54,18 @@ class LocaleCompareTest extends WebTestBase {
     $this->assertEqual($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.
+    // Get the locale settings.
     $config = config('locale.settings');
-    $config->set('translation.check_disabled_modules', TRUE);
-    $config->save();
+
+    // Check if disabled modules are detected.
+    $config->set('translation.check_disabled_modules', TRUE)->save();
     drupal_static_reset('locale_translation_project_list');
     $projects = locale_translation_project_list();
     $this->assertTrue(isset($projects['locale_test_disabled']), 'Disabled module found');
 
     // Check the fully processed list of project data of both enabled and
     // disabled modules.
-    $config = config('locale.settings');
-    $config->set('translation.check_disabled_modules', TRUE);
-    $config->save();
+    $config->set('translation.check_disabled_modules', TRUE)->save();
     drupal_static_reset('locale_translation_project_list');
     $projects = locale_translation_get_projects();
     $this->assertEqual($projects['drupal']->name, 'drupal', 'Core project found');
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.api.php b/core/modules/locale/locale.api.php
index 7e9bb6a..b561ea0 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.api.php
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@
  *
  * Modules or distributions that use a dedicated translation server should use
  * this hook to specify the interface translation server pattern, or to add
- * additional custom/non-Drupal.org modules to the distribution.
+ * additional custom/non-Drupal.org modules to the list of modules known to
+ * locale.
  * - "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.
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc b/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc
index 1b40ad4..c4b7380 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ function locale_translation_get_projects() {
 
   if (empty($projects)) {
     // Get project data from the database.
-    $projects = array();
     // @todo: http://drupal.org/node/1627006#comment-6396658 
     // Specify the columns because SELECT * has bad performance on InnoDB.
     $result = db_query('SELECT * FROM {locale_project}');
@@ -114,6 +113,7 @@ function locale_translation_build_projects() {
         foreach ($project_updates[$name]['releases'] as $project_release) {
           // The first release with the same major release number which is not a
           // dev release is the one. Releases are sorted the most recent first.
+	  // @todo http://drupal.org/node/1774024 Make a helper function.
           if ($project_release['version_major'] == $matches[1] &&
               (!isset($project_release['version_extra']) || $project_release['version_extra'] != 'dev')) {
             $release = $project_release;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function locale_translation_build_projects() {
       // A project can provide the path and filename pattern to download the
       // gettext file. Use the default if not.
       'server_pattern' => isset($data['info']['interface translation server pattern']) ? $data['info']['interface translation server pattern'] : $default_server['pattern'],
-      'status' => $data['project_status'] ? 1 : 0,
+      'status' => !empty($data['project_status']) ? 1 : 0,
     );
     $project = (object) $data;
     $projects[$name] = $project;
@@ -220,11 +220,9 @@ function locale_translation_project_list() {
  */
 function _locale_translation_prepare_project_list($data, $type) {
   foreach ($data as $name => $file) {
-    // Include interface translation projects. Custom modules can bring their
-    // own gettext translation file. To enable import of this file the module
-    // must define 'interface translation project = myproject' in its .info
-    // file. To allow update_process_info_list() to identify this as a project
-    // the 'project' property is filled with the 'interface translation project'    // value.
+    // Include interface translation projects. To allow 
+    // update_process_info_list() to identify this as a project the 'project' 
+    // property is filled with the 'interface translation project' value.
     if (isset($file->info['interface translation project'])) {
       $data[$name]->info['project'] = $file->info['interface translation project'];
     }