diff --git a/lib/linguist/language.rb b/lib/linguist/language.rb
index 07972019..2353edd1 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/language.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/language.rb
@@ -110,16 +110,16 @@ module Linguist
       # Bail early if the blob is binary or empty.
       return nil if blob.likely_binary? || blob.binary? || blob.empty?
 
-      # Call each strategy until one candidate is returned
+      # Call each strategy until one candidate is returned.
       STRATEGIES.reduce([]) do |languages, strategy|
         candidates = strategy.call(blob, languages)
         if candidates.size == 1
           return candidates.first
         elsif candidates.size > 1
-          # More than one candidate was found, pass them to the next strategy
+          # More than one candidate was found, pass them to the next strategy.
           candidates
         else
-          # Strategy couldn't find any candidates, so pass on the original list
+          # No candiates were found, pass on languages from the previous strategy.
           languages
         end
       end.first