diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5b50cbd..ff011d9 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm'
 
     // Include the cordapp-cpb plugin. This automatically includes the cordapp-cpk plugin as well.
-    // These extend existing build environment so that CPB and CPK files can be built.
+    // These extend the existing build environment so that CPB and CPK files can be built.
     // This includes a CorDapp DSL that allows the developer to supply metadata for the CorDapp
     // required by Corda.
     id 'net.corda.plugins.cordapp-cpb2'
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ dependencies {
     // Corda API specified.
     cordaProvided platform("net.corda:corda-api:$cordaApiVersion")
 
-    // If using transistive dependencies this will provide most of Corda-API: 
+    // If using transistive dependencies this will provide most of the Corda-API:
     // cordaProvided 'net.corda:corda-application'
 
     // Alternatively we can explicitly specify all our Corda-API dependencies:
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/r3/developers/csdetemplate/MyFirstFlowResponder.java b/src/main/java/com/r3/developers/csdetemplate/MyFirstFlowResponder.java
index 43f6075..d7fba74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/r3/developers/csdetemplate/MyFirstFlowResponder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/r3/developers/csdetemplate/MyFirstFlowResponder.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 
-// MyFirstFlowResponder is a responder flow, it's corresponding initiating flow is called MyFirstFlow (defined in MyFirstFlow.java)
+// MyFirstFlowResponder is a responder flow, its corresponding initiating flow is called MyFirstFlow (defined in MyFirstFlow.java)
 // to link the two sides of the flow together they need to have the same protocol.
 @InitiatedBy(protocol = "my-first-flow")
 // Responder flows must inherit from ResponderFlow
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/r3/developers/csdetemplate/MyFirstFlowStartArgs.java b/src/main/java/com/r3/developers/csdetemplate/MyFirstFlowStartArgs.java
index 2229518..4c5f2ff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/r3/developers/csdetemplate/MyFirstFlowStartArgs.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/r3/developers/csdetemplate/MyFirstFlowStartArgs.java
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ public class MyFirstFlowStartArgs {
         this.otherMember = otherMember;
     }
 
-    // The JSON Marshalling Service, that handles serialisation, needs this constructor.
+    // The JSON Marshalling Service, which handles serialisation, needs this constructor.
     public MyFirstFlowStartArgs() {}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/r3/developers/csdetemplate/MyFirstFlowTest.java b/src/test/java/com/r3/developers/csdetemplate/MyFirstFlowTest.java
index 31305a0..925ae5c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/r3/developers/csdetemplate/MyFirstFlowTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/r3/developers/csdetemplate/MyFirstFlowTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class MyFirstFlowTest {
         HoldingIdentity bobHoldingID = HoldingIdentity.Companion.create(bobX500);
 
         // Create Alice and Bob's virtual nodes, including the Class's of the flows which will be registered on each node.
-        // We don't assign Bob's virtual node to a val because we don't need it for this particular test.
+        // We don't assign Bob's virtual node to a variable because we don't need it for this particular test.
         SimulatedVirtualNode aliceVN = simulator.createVirtualNode(aliceHoldingID, MyFirstFlow.class);
         simulator.createVirtualNode(bobHoldingID, MyFirstFlowResponder.class);
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class MyFirstFlowTest {
         // Create a requestData object
         RequestData requestData = RequestData.Companion.create(
                 "request no 1",        // A unique reference for the instance of the flow request
-                MyFirstFlow.class,        // The name of the flow class which is to be started
+                MyFirstFlow.class,              // The name of the flow class which is to be started
                 myFirstFlowStartArgs            // The object which contains the start arguments of the flow
         );