diff --git a/redis.conf b/redis.conf
index 909f03bf6a0bd3cbab3a216059c97ae77144f33b..377d947a52d40b841525f14e2cf1d41dca006d60 100644
--- a/redis.conf
+++ b/redis.conf
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
 # Note that Redis will write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid when daemonized.
 daemonize no
 
-# When run as a daemon, Redis write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid by default.
-# You can specify a custom pid file location here.
+# When running daemonized, Redis writes a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid by
+# default. You can specify a custom pid file location here.
 pidfile /var/run/redis.pid
 
 # Accept connections on the specified port, default is 6379
 port 6379
 
 # If you want you can bind a single interface, if the bind option is not
-# specified all the interfaces will listen for connections.
+# specified all the interfaces will listen for incoming connections.
 #
 # bind 127.0.0.1
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ timeout 300
 loglevel verbose
 
 # Specify the log file name. Also 'stdout' can be used to force
-# the demon to log on the standard output. Note that if you use standard
+# Redis to log on the standard output. Note that if you use standard
 # output for logging but daemonize, logs will be sent to /dev/null
 logfile stdout
 
@@ -78,8 +78,14 @@ rdbcompression yes
 # The filename where to dump the DB
 dbfilename dump.rdb
 
-# For default save/load DB in/from the working directory
-# Note that you must specify a directory not a file name.
+# The working directory.
+#
+# The DB will be written inside this directory, with the filename specified
+# above using the 'dbfilename' configuration directive.
+# 
+# Also the Append Only File will be created inside this directory.
+# 
+# Note that you must specify a directory here, not a file name.
 dir ./
 
 ################################# REPLICATION #################################