diff --git a/core/commands/add.go b/core/commands/add.go
index 3284d1130..0be67a203 100644
--- a/core/commands/add.go
+++ b/core/commands/add.go
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ var AddCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
 		Tagline: "Add a file or directory to IPFS.",
 		ShortDescription: `
-Adds contents of <path> to IPFS. Use -r to add directories (recursively).
+Adds the content of <path> to IPFS. Use -r to add directories (recursively).
 `,
 		LongDescription: `
-Adds contents of <path> to IPFS. Use -r to add directories.
+Adds the content of <path> to IPFS. Use -r to add directories.
 Note that directories are added recursively, to form the IPFS
 MerkleDAG.
 
diff --git a/core/commands/config.go b/core/commands/config.go
index a5157ac9c..587d6cee4 100644
--- a/core/commands/config.go
+++ b/core/commands/config.go
@@ -41,12 +41,11 @@ var ConfigCmd = &cmds.Command{
 		Tagline: "Get and set IPFS config values.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 'ipfs config' controls configuration variables. It works like 'git config'.
-The configuration values are stored in a config file inside your IPFS_PATH
-repository.`,
+The configuration values are stored in a config file inside your IPFS_PATH.`,
 		LongDescription: `
 'ipfs config' controls configuration variables. It works
 much like 'git config'. The configuration values are stored in a config
-file inside your IPFS repository.
+file inside your IPFS repository (IPFS_PATH).
 
 Examples: