diff --git a/modules/aggregator/aggregator.admin.inc b/modules/aggregator/aggregator.admin.inc
index 944c986..402145a 100644
--- a/modules/aggregator/aggregator.admin.inc
+++ b/modules/aggregator/aggregator.admin.inc
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function aggregator_form_feed(&$form_state, stdClass $feed = NULL) {
     '#title' => t('URL'),
     '#default_value' => isset($feed->url) ? $feed->url : '',
     '#maxlength' => 255,
-    '#description' => t('The fully-qualified URL of the feed.'),
+    '#description' => t('The complete URL of the feed.'),
     '#required' => TRUE,
   );
   $form['refresh'] = array('#type' => 'select',
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function aggregator_form_feed_validate($form, &$form_state) {
   if ($form_state['values']['op'] == t('Save')) {
     // Ensure URL is valid.
     if (!valid_url($form_state['values']['url'], TRUE)) {
-      form_set_error('url', t('The URL %url is invalid. Please enter a fully-qualified URL, such as http://www.example.com/feed.xml.', array('%url' => $form_state['values']['url'])));
+      form_set_error('url', t('The URL %url is invalid. Please enter a complete URL, such as http://www.example.com/feed.xml.', array('%url' => $form_state['values']['url'])));
     }
     // Check for duplicate titles.
     if (isset($form_state['values']['fid'])) {
diff --git a/modules/comment/comment.module b/modules/comment/comment.module
index 015df84..97f89b7 100644
--- a/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ function comment_validate($edit) {
 
       if ($edit['homepage']) {
         if (!valid_url($edit['homepage'], TRUE)) {
-          form_set_error('homepage', t('The URL of your homepage is not valid. Remember that it must be fully qualified, i.e. of the form <code>http://example.com/directory</code>.'));
+          form_set_error('homepage', t('The URL of your homepage is not valid. Remember that it must be complete, i.e. of the form <code>http://example.com/directory</code>.'));
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/modules/system/system.api.php b/modules/system/system.api.php
index d94a9d3..41aec0a 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.api.php
+++ b/modules/system/system.api.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ function hook_elements() {
  *
  * @param $destination
  *   If this hook is invoked as part of a drupal_goto() call, then this argument
- *   will be a fully-qualified URL that is the destination of the redirect.
+ *   will be a complete URL that is the destination of the redirect.
  *   Modules may use this to react appropriately; for example, nothing should
  *   be output in this case, because PHP will then throw a "headers cannot be
  *   modified" error when attempting the redirection.