diff --git a/xinitrc b/xinitrc
index 3794716..bb09a48 100644
--- a/xinitrc
+++ b/xinitrc
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ usermodmap="$HOME/.config/Xmodmap"      ; [ -f "$usermodmap"    ] && xmodmap "$u
 
 
 xset b off          # don't beep! that's annoying as hell
-xset r rate 170 40  # wait 170 before repeating, 40 chars/second
+xset r rate 170 40  # wait 170 ms before repeating, 40 chars/second
 
 
-# fav terminal. it's lightweight (always starts instantly) and isn't as peculiar to configure as urxvt (doesn't look as ugly as xterm by default)
+# fav terminal. it's lightweight (always starts instantly) and isn't as peculiar to configure as urxvt (it doesn't look as ugly as xterm by default)
 export TERMINAL=xfce4-terminal
 
 
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ export TERMINAL=xfce4-terminal
 
 # allow to very easily choose a desktop environment without changing this file: do e.g. `DE_CHOICE=kde startx` to choose KDE
 case "$DE_CHOICE" in
-	awesome) exec awesome; ;;
+	awesome) exec awesome;    ;;
 	xfce)    exec startxfce4; ;;
-	kde)     exec startkde; ;;
+	kde)     exec startkde;   ;;
 
 	i3)
 		XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config
 		compton --config $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/compton/config & # compositor
-		dunst -config $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dunst/dunstrc &     # notification daemon
+		dunst    -config $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dunst/dunstrc  & # notification daemon
 		exec i3
 		;;