diff --git a/scripts/update_opam_repo.sh b/scripts/update_opam_repo.sh
index 64b5b8f49..f5b046305 100755
--- a/scripts/update_opam_repo.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_opam_repo.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
 # Update the repository of opam packages used by tezos.  Tezos uses a
-# private, epurated, opam repository to store all its
+# private, shrunk down, opam repository to store all its
 # dependencies. This is generated by the official opam repository
 # (branch master) and then filtered using opam admin to include only
 # the cone of tezos dependencies.  This repository is then used to
 # create the based opam image used by the CI to compile tezos and to
 # generate the docker images.  From time to time, when it is necessary
-# to update a dependency, this repository should manually
+# to update a dependency, this repository should be manually
 # refreshed. This script takes care of generating a patch for the
 # private opam tezos repository. This patch must be applied manually
 # w.r.t. the master branch. The procedure is as follows :