diff --git a/docs/sudo.conf.mdoc.in b/docs/sudo.conf.mdoc.in
index 8ea418c04..838f81b49 100644
--- a/docs/sudo.conf.mdoc.in
+++ b/docs/sudo.conf.mdoc.in
@@ -734,11 +734,11 @@ front-end configuration
 # Sudo command interception:
 #   Path intercept /path/to/sudo_intercept.so
 #
-# Path to a shared library containing replacements for the execv()
-# and execve() library functions, which perform a policy check to verify
-# whether the command is allowed and return an error if it is not.  This is
-# used to implement the "intercept" functionality on systems that
-# support LD_PRELOAD or its equivalent.
+# Path to a shared library containing replacements for the execv(),
+# execve() and fexecve() library functions, which perform a policy
+# check to verify whether the command is allowed and simply return
+# an error if it is not.  This is used to implement the "intercept"
+# functionality on systems that support LD_PRELOAD or its equivalent.
 #
 # The compiled-in value is usually sufficient and should only be changed
 # if you rename or move the sudo_intercept.so file.
diff --git a/examples/sudo.conf.in b/examples/sudo.conf.in
index 2187457e8..bdd676c20 100644
--- a/examples/sudo.conf.in
+++ b/examples/sudo.conf.in
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
 #   Path intercept /path/to/sudo_intercept.so
 #
 # Path to a shared library containing replacements for the execv(),
-# execve() and fexecve() library functions that perform a policy check
-# to verify the command is allowed and simply return an error if not.
-# This is used to implement the "intercept" functionality on systems that
-# support LD_PRELOAD or its equivalent.
+# execve() and fexecve() library functions, which perform a policy
+# check to verify whether the command is allowed and simply return
+# an error if it is not.  This is used to implement the "intercept"
+# functionality on systems that support LD_PRELOAD or its equivalent.
 #
 # The compiled-in value is usually sufficient and should only be changed
 # if you rename or move the sudo_intercept.so file.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 #   Path plugin_dir /path/to/plugins
 #
 # The default directory to use when searching for plugins that are
-# specified without a fully qualified path name.
+# specified without a fully-qualified path name.
 #
 #Path plugin_dir @plugindir@