Incorporate rmustacc's review feedback.

@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 possibly surrounded by whitespace.
 
 New lines preceeded by backslashes are ignored, allowing for a continuation
 of lines, in the usual UNIX way.
 
-A line beginning with a hashmark is comment, and is ignore, as are lines
+A line beginning with a hashmark is a comment, and is ignored, as are lines
 consisting solely of whitespace.
 
 The first field is always the "keyword", which determines the meaning and
 presence of any other fields.