diff --git a/build.js b/build.js
index 8bdfb05c6..ee65def5d 100755
--- a/build.js
+++ b/build.js
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
       });
 
       // post-process and `gzip` the uglified distribution. Lines are
-      // restricted to 500 characters for consistency with Closure Compiler.
+      // restricted to 500 characters for consistency with Closure Compiler
       uglifiedSource = postprocess(ugly.split_lines(uglifiedSource, 500));
       invoke('gzip', ['-9f', '-c'], uglifiedSource, 'binary', function onUglifyCompress(exception, uglifiedGzippedSource) {
         var uglifiedSize;
@@ -132,17 +132,17 @@
 
         // save the compiled version to disk. The explicit `binary`
         // encoding for the `gzip`-ped version is necessary to ensure that
-        // the stream is written correctly.
+        // the stream is written correctly
         fs.writeFileSync(path.join(distPath, 'lodash.compiler.js'), compiledSource);
         fs.writeFileSync(path.join(distPath, 'lodash.compiler.js.gz'), compiledGzippedSource, 'binary');
 
-        // save the uglified version to disk.
+        // save the uglified version to disk
         fs.writeFileSync(path.join(distPath, 'lodash.uglify.js'), uglifiedSource);
         fs.writeFileSync(path.join(distPath, 'lodash.uglify.js.gz'), uglifiedGzippedSource, 'binary');
 
         // select the smallest minified distribution and use it as the
         // official minified release. If they are equivalent, the compiled
-        // distribution is used.
+        // distribution is used
         fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'lodash.min.js'), compiledSize < uglifiedSize ? compiledSource : uglifiedSource);
       });
     });
diff --git a/build/post-compile.js b/build/post-compile.js
index 2b8829421..1f33a3315 100644
--- a/build/post-compile.js
+++ b/build/post-compile.js
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
   if (module != require.main) {
     module.exports = postprocess;
   } else {
-    // Read the JavaScript source file from the first argument if the script
+    // read the JavaScript source file from the first argument if the script
     // was invoked directly (e.g. `node post-compile.js source.js`) and write to
-    // the same file.
+    // the same file
     (function() {
       var source = fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2], 'utf8');
       fs.writeFileSync(process.argv[2], postprocess(source), 'utf8');
diff --git a/build/pre-compile.js b/build/pre-compile.js
index abe1380f8..96352dbf1 100644
--- a/build/pre-compile.js
+++ b/build/pre-compile.js
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@
   if (module != require.main) {
     module.exports = preprocess;
   } else {
-    // Read the JavaScript source file from the first argument if the script
+    // read the JavaScript source file from the first argument if the script
     // was invoked directly (e.g. `node pre-compile.js source.js`) and write to
-    // the same file.
+    // the same file
     (function() {
       var source = fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2], 'utf8');
       fs.writeFileSync(process.argv[2], preprocess(source), 'utf8');