diff --git a/config/config.sample.php b/config/config.sample.php
index 047e7ccdd1..2b4873d531 100644
--- a/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/config/config.sample.php
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ $CONFIG = array(
 'mail_smtpmode' => 'sendmail',
 
 /**
- * This depends on ``mail_smtpmode``. Specified the IP address of your mail
+ * This depends on ``mail_smtpmode``. Specify the IP address of your mail
  * server host. This may contain multiple hosts separated by a semi-colon. If
  * you need to specify the port number append it to the IP address separated by
  * a colon, like this: ``127.0.0.1:24``.
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ $CONFIG = array(
 'mail_smtpport' => 25,
 
 /**
- * This depends on ``mail_smtpmode``. This set an SMTP server timeout, in
+ * This depends on ``mail_smtpmode``. This sets the SMTP server timeout, in
  * seconds. You may need to increase this if you are running an anti-malware or
  * spam scanner.
  */
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ $CONFIG = array(
 'overwritecondaddr' => '',
 
 /**
- * Use this configuration parameter to specify the base url for any urls which
+ * Use this configuration parameter to specify the base URL for any URLs which
  * are generated within ownCloud using any kind of command line tools (cron or
  * occ). The value should contain the full base URL:
  * ``https://www.example.com/owncloud``
@@ -412,18 +412,19 @@ $CONFIG = array(
  * ownCloud 8.1 and before.
  *
  * Available values:
- *   ``auto``      default setting. keeps files and folders in the trash bin
+ *
+ * * ``auto``      default setting. keeps files and folders in the trash bin
  *                 for 30 days and automatically deletes anytime after that
  *                 if space is needed (note: files may not be deleted if space
  *                 is not needed).
- *   ``D, auto``   keeps files and folders in the trash bin for D+ days,
+ * * ``D, auto``   keeps files and folders in the trash bin for D+ days,
  *                 delete anytime if space needed (note: files may not be deleted
  *                 if space is not needed)
  * * ``auto, D``   delete all files in the trash bin that are older than D days
  *                 automatically, delete other files anytime if space needed
  * * ``D1, D2``    keep files and folders the in trash bin for at least D1 days
  *                 and delete when exceeds D2 days
- *   ``disabled``  trash bin auto clean disabled, files and folders will be
+ * * ``disabled``  trash bin auto clean disabled, files and folders will be
  *                 kept forever
  */
 'trashbin_retention_obligation' => 'auto',
@@ -550,8 +551,8 @@ $CONFIG = array(
  * Location of the lock file for cron executions can be specified here.
  * Default is within the tmp directory. The file is named in the following way:
  * owncloud-server-$INSTANCEID-cron.lock
- * where $INSTANCEID is the string specified in the instanceid field.
- * Because the cron lock file is accessed in regular intervals, it may prevent
+ * where $INSTANCEID is the string specified in the ``instanceid`` field.
+ * Because the cron lock file is accessed at regular intervals, it may prevent
  * enabled disk drives from spinning down. A different location for this file
  * can solve such issues.
  */
@@ -654,7 +655,7 @@ $CONFIG = array(
 /**
  * By default, ownCloud can generate previews for the following filetypes:
  *
- * - Images files
+ * - Image files
  * - Covers of MP3 files
  * - Text documents
  *
@@ -765,7 +766,7 @@ $CONFIG = array(
 
 /**
  * defines the interval in minutes for the background job that checks user
- * existance and marks them as ready to be cleaned up. The number is always
+ * existence and marks them as ready to be cleaned up. The number is always
  * minutes. Setting it to 0 disables the feature.
  * See command line (occ) methods ldap:show-remnants and user:delete
  */
@@ -782,10 +783,10 @@ $CONFIG = array(
 /**
  * Enable maintenance mode to disable ownCloud
  *
- * If you want to prevent users to login to ownCloud before you start doing some
- * maintenance work, you need to set the value of the maintenance parameter to
- * true. Please keep in mind that users who are already logged-in are kicked out
- * of ownCloud instantly.
+ * If you want to prevent users from logging in to ownCloud before you start 
+ * doing some maintenance work, you need to set the value of the maintenance 
+ * parameter to true. Please keep in mind that users who are already logged-in 
+ * are kicked out of ownCloud instantly.
  */
 'maintenance' => false,
 
@@ -1003,7 +1004,7 @@ $CONFIG = array(
 
 /**
  * The parent of the directory where css and js assets will be stored if
- * piplelining is enabled; this defaults to the ownCloud directory. The assets
+ * pipelining is enabled; this defaults to the ownCloud directory. The assets
  * will be stored in a subdirectory of this directory named 'assets'. The
  * server *must* be configured to serve that directory as $WEBROOT/assets.
  * You will only likely need to change this if the main ownCloud directory
@@ -1059,7 +1060,7 @@ $CONFIG = array(
  * Enables transactional file locking.
  * This is disabled by default as it is still beta.
  *
- * Prevents concurrent processes to access the same files
+ * Prevents concurrent processes from accessing the same files
  * at the same time. Can help prevent side effects that would
  * be caused by concurrent operations. Mainly relevant for
  * very large installations with many users working with