diff --git a/doc/examples/common.conf b/doc/examples/common.conf
index 365fc4e8f..ed68f762b 100644
--- a/doc/examples/common.conf
+++ b/doc/examples/common.conf
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 # This file may provide defaults as well as options which needs to be
 # synchronized between components.  As usual this file is read from
 # the system wide config directory (e.g. /etc/gnupg/common.conf) as
-# well as from the home directory (e.g. ~/.gnupg.common.conf).
+# well as from the home directory (e.g. ~/.gnupg/common.conf).
 
 
-# Uncomment to enable the use if the keybox daemon (keyboxd) by gpg
+# Uncomment to enable the use of the keybox daemon (keyboxd) by gpg
 # and gpgsm.
 #use-keyboxd