diff --git a/src/util/path.jam b/src/util/path.jam
index 709afbbd4..add3d8b56 100644
--- a/src/util/path.jam
+++ b/src/util/path.jam
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ rule all-parents ( path : upper_limit ? : cwd ? )
     {
         errors.error "$(upper_limit) is not prefix of $(path)" ;
     }
-    
+
     # Create the relative paths to parents, number of elements in 'path_ele'.
     local result ;
     for local i in $(path_ele)
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ rule all-parents ( path : upper_limit ? : cwd ? )
 }
 
 
-# Search for 'pattern' in parent directories of 'dir', up till and including
-# 'upper_limit', if it is specified, or till the filesystem root otherwise.
+# Search for 'pattern' in parent directories of 'dir', up to and including
+# 'upper_limit', if it is specified, or up to the filesystem root otherwise.
 #
 rule glob-in-parents ( dir : patterns + : upper-limit ? )
 {
@@ -408,12 +408,12 @@ rule relative ( child parent : no-error ? )
                 else
                 {
                     errors.error $(child) is not a subdir of $(parent) ;
-                }                        
+                }
             }
             else
             {
-                return [ join $(split2) ] ;    
-            }        
+                return [ join $(split2) ] ;
+            }
         }
         else
         {
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ rule relative ( child parent : no-error ? )
 }
 
 
-# Returns the minimal path to path2 that is relative path1.
+# Returns the minimal path to path2 that is relative to path1.
 #
 rule relative-to ( path1 path2 )
 {
@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ rule relative-to ( path1 path2 )
 }
 
 
-# Returns the list of paths which are used by the operating system for looking
-# up programs.
+# Returns the list of paths used by the operating system for looking up
+# programs.
 #
 rule programs-path ( )
 {
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ rule programs-path ( )
     return $(result) ;
 }
 
+
 rule makedirs ( path )
 {
     local result = true ;
@@ -472,17 +473,18 @@ rule makedirs ( path )
     if ! [ exists $(native) ]
     {
         if [ makedirs [ parent $(path) ] ]
-        {            
+        {
             if ! [ MAKEDIR $(native) ]
             {
                 errors.error "Could not create directory '$(path)'" ;
                 result = ;
             }
-        }        
-    }    
+        }
+    }
     return $(result) ;
 }
 
+
 # Converts native Windows paths into our internal canonic path representation.
 # Supports 'invalid' paths containing multiple successive path separator
 # characters.
@@ -825,8 +827,8 @@ rule __test__ ( )
     assert.result "/foo" : make "\\foo" ;
     assert.result "/D:/My Documents" : make "D:\\My Documents" ;
     assert.result "/c:/boost/tools/build/new/project.jam" : make "c:\\boost\\tools\\build\\test\\..\\new\\project.jam" ;
-    
-    #   Test processing 'invalid' paths containing multiple successive path
+
+    # Test processing 'invalid' paths containing multiple successive path
     # separators.
     assert.result "foo" : make "foo//" ;
     assert.result "foo" : make "foo///" ;
@@ -843,7 +845,7 @@ rule __test__ ( )
     assert.result "foo/giz" : make "foo//\\//\\\\bar///\\\\//\\\\////\\/..///giz\\//\\\\\\//\\//\\\\" ;
     assert.result "../../../foo" : make "..///.//..///.//..////foo///" ;
 
-    #   Test processing 'invalid' rooted paths with too many '..' path elements
+    # Test processing 'invalid' rooted paths with too many '..' path elements
     # that would place them before the root.
     assert.result : make "/.." ;
     assert.result : make "/../" ;
@@ -874,7 +876,7 @@ rule __test__ ( )
     modules.poke path : os : VMS ;
 
     #
-    # Don't really need to poke os before these
+    # Do not really need to poke os before these
     #
     assert.result "disk:" "[dir]"  "file" : split-path-VMS "disk:[dir]file" ;
     assert.result "disk:" "[dir]"  ""     : split-path-VMS "disk:[dir]" ;
@@ -909,8 +911,8 @@ rule __test__ ( )
     assert.result "/disk:/boost/tools/build/new/project.jam" : make "disk:[boost.tools.build.test.-.new]project.jam" ;
 
     #
-    # Special case (adds '.' to end of file w/o extension to
-    # disambiguate from directory in portable path spec).
+    # Special case (adds '.' to end of file w/o extension to disambiguate from
+    # directory in portable path spec)
     #
     assert.result "Jamfile." : make "Jamfile" ;
     assert.result "dir/Jamfile." : make "[.dir]Jamfile" ;