diff --git a/sentinel.conf b/sentinel.conf
index e44342221..ff255f87f 100644
--- a/sentinel.conf
+++ b/sentinel.conf
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ sentinel failover-timeout mymaster 180000
 # or to reconfigure clients after a failover. The scripts are executed
 # with the following rules for error handling:
 #
-# If script exists with "1" the execution is retried later (up to a maximum
+# If script exits with "1" the execution is retried later (up to a maximum
 # number of times currently set to 10).
 #
-# If script exists with "2" (or an higher value) the script execution is
+# If script exits with "2" (or an higher value) the script execution is
 # not retried.
 #
 # If script terminates because it receives a signal the behavior is the same