diff --git a/ci/travis.rb b/ci/travis.rb
index ffeba995de..3faef500f2 100755
--- a/ci/travis.rb
+++ b/ci/travis.rb
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ class Build
   def env
     if activesupport? && !isolated?
       # There is a known issue with the listen tests that causes files to be
-      # incorrectly GC'ed even when they are still in-use. The current is to
-      # only run them in isolation to avoid randomly failing our test suite.
+      # incorrectly GC'ed even when they are still in-use. The current solution
+      # is to only run them in isolation to avoid randomly failing our test suite.
       { 'LISTEN' => '0' }
     else
       {}
diff --git a/railties/RDOC_MAIN.rdoc b/railties/RDOC_MAIN.rdoc
index 26a25ee9dc..ef9bbf3d7e 100644
--- a/railties/RDOC_MAIN.rdoc
+++ b/railties/RDOC_MAIN.rdoc
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ can read more about Action Pack in its {README}[link:files/actionpack/README_rdo
 
 1. Install \Rails at the command prompt if you haven't yet:
 
-    gem install rails
+    $ gem install rails
 
 2. At the command prompt, create a new \Rails application:
 
-    rails new myapp
+    $ rails new myapp
 
    where "myapp" is the application name.
 
 3. Change directory to +myapp+ and start the web server:
 
-    cd myapp; rails server
+    $ cd myapp; rails server
 
    Run with <tt>--help</tt> or <tt>-h</tt> for options.