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@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Notice how we're mixing HTML tags and components we've built. HTML components ar
 
 ### Using props
 
-Let's create the `Comment` component, which will depend on data passed in from its parent. Data passed in from a parent component is available as a 'property' on the child component. These 'properties' are accessed through `this.props`. Using props, we will be able to read the data passed to the `Comment` from the `CommentList`, and render some markup:
+Let's create the `Comment` component, which will depend on data passed in from its parent, `CommentList`. Data passed in from a parent component is available as a 'property' on the child component. These 'properties' are accessed through `this.props`. Using props, we will be able to read the data passed to the `Comment` from the `CommentList`, and render some markup:
 
 ```javascript
 // tutorial4.js
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ var CommentList = React.createClass({
 });
 ```
 
-Note that we have passed some data from the parent `CommentList` component to the child `Comment` components. For example, we passed *Pete Hunt* (via an attribute) and *This is one comment* (via an XML-like child node) to the first `Comment`. As noted above, the `Comment` component will access these 'properties' through `this.props.author`, and `this.props.children`.
+Note that we have passed some data from the parent `CommentList` component to the child `Comment` components. For example, we passed *Pete Hunt* (via the `author` attribute) and *This is one comment* (via an XML-like child node) to the first `Comment`. As noted above, the `Comment` component will access these 'properties' through `this.props.author`, and `this.props.children`.
 
 ### Adding Markdown