diff --git a/symmetric/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties b/symmetric/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties
index 59b513c7b1..71c9bead6e 100644
--- a/symmetric/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties
+++ b/symmetric/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties
@@ -84,22 +84,22 @@ symmetric.runtime.configuration.class=
 
 # Set this if tables should be purged prior to an initial load
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database.
+# This property can be overridden in the database
 symmetric.runtime.initial.load.delete.first=false
 
 # Set this if tables should be created prior to an initial load
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database.
+# This property can be overridden in the database
 symmetric.runtime.initial.load.create.first=false
 
 # If this is true, registration is opened automatically for nodes requesting it
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database.
+# This property can be overridden in the database
 symmetric.auto.registration=false
 
 # If this is true, a reload is automatically sent to nodes when they register
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database.
+# This property can be overridden in the database
 symmetric.auto.reload=false
 
 # This is the download rate for the HTTP symmetric transport.  -1 means full throttle.
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ symmetric.http.download.rate.kb=-1
 # This is the number of HTTP concurrent push/pull requests symmetric will accept.  This is controlled
 # by the NodeConcurrencyFilter. The number is per servlet the filter is applied to.
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database.
+# This property can be overridden in the database
 symmetric.http.concurrent.workers.max=20
 
 # During SSL handshaking, if the URL's hostname and the server's 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ symmetric.runtime.https.verified.server.names=
 # the max batch size is reached.  The more concurrency in your db and the longer the transaction takes the 
 # bigger this value might have to be.
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database. 
+# This property can be overridden in the database 
 symmetric.runtime.outgoing.batches.peek.ahead.window.after.max.size=100
                              
 # This instructs symmetric to attempt to skip duplicate batches that are received.  Symmetric might
@@ -133,31 +133,31 @@ symmetric.runtime.outgoing.batches.peek.ahead.window.after.max.size=100
 # risk of missing data if the batch ids get reset (on one node, but not another) somehow (which is unlikely in production, but
 # fairly likely in lab or development setups). 
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database.
+# This property can be overridden in the database
 symmetric.runtime.incoming.batches.skip.duplicates=true
 
 # If this property is set to true, then keys will not be included in set portion of
 # the update statements generated by the data loader.
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database.
+# This property can be overridden in the database
 symmetric.runtime.dont.include.keys.in.update.statement=false
 
 # This is the number of times we will attempt to send an ACK back to the remote node
 # when pulling and loading data.
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database.
+# This property can be overridden in the database
 symmetric.runtime.num.of.ack.retries=5
 
 # This is the amount of time to wait between trying to send an ACK back to the remote node
 # when pulling and loading data.
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database.
+# This property can be overridden in the database
 symmetric.runtime.time.between.ack.retries.ms=5000
 
 # The number of milliseconds parameters will be cached by the ParameterService before they are reread from the 
 # file system and database.
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database.
+# This property can be overridden in the database
 symmetric.runtime.parameter.reload.timeout.ms=600000
 
 # Indicate that this node is being run on a farm or cluster of servers and it needs to use the database to 'lock' out other activity when actions are taken.
@@ -170,20 +170,20 @@ symmetric.runtime.cluster.lock.during.sync.triggers=false
 
 # Sets both the connection and read timeout on the internal HttpUrlConnection
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database.
+# This property can be overridden in the database
 symmetric.runtime.http.timeout.ms=600000
 
 # Whether or not to use compression over HTTP connections.
 # Currently, this setting only affects the push connection of the source node.
 # Compression on a pull is enabled using a filter in the web.xml for the PullServlet.
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database.
+# This property can be overridden in the database
 symmetric.runtime.http.compression=true
 
 # Disable compression from occurring on Servlet communication.  This property only
 # affects the outbound HTTP traffic streamed by the PullServlet and PushServlet.
 #
-# This property is override-able in the database.
+# This property can be overridden in the database
 symmetric.web.compression.disabled=false
 
 # When starting jobs, symmetric attempts to randomize the start time to spread out load.  This is the