diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 702f498fef..6ecf78b078 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -722,19 +722,16 @@ export PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH = "${includedir}"
 # is a bad idea. Setting a dummy value is better than a ton of anonymous python.
 DISTRO ??= "nodistro"
 DISTRO_NAME ??= "OpenEmbedded"
+
 # Overrides are processed left to right, so the ones that are named later take precedence.
-# You generally want them to go from least to most specific.
-#
-# This means that an envionment variable named '<foo>_arm' overrides an
-# environment variable '<foo>' (when ${TARGET_ARCH} is arm).
-# An environment variable '<foo>_qemuarm' overrides '<foo>' and overrides
-# '<foo>_arm' when ${MACHINE} is 'qemuarm'.
+# You generally want them to go from least to most specific. This means that:
+# A variable '<foo>_arm' overrides a variable '<foo>' when ${TARGET_ARCH} is arm.
+# A variable '<foo>_qemuarm' overrides '<foo>' and overrides '<foo>_arm' when ${MACHINE} is 'qemuarm'.
 # If you use combination ie '<foo>_qemuarm_arm', then '<foo>_qemuarm_arm' will override
 # '<foo>_qemuarm' and then '<foo>' will be overriden with that value from '<foo>_qemuarm'.
 # And finally '<foo>_forcevariable' overrides any standard variable, with the highest priority.
+# This works for functions as well, they are really just variables.
 #
-# This works for  functions as well, they are really just environment variables.
-# Default OVERRIDES to make compilation fail fast in case of build system misconfiguration.
 OVERRIDES = "${TARGET_OS}:${TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH}:pn-${PN}:${MACHINEOVERRIDES}:${DISTROOVERRIDES}:${CLASSOVERRIDE}${LIBCOVERRIDE}:forcevariable"
 LIBCOVERRIDE ?= ""
 CLASSOVERRIDE ?= "class-target"