diff --git a/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_CLR_System/system.Decimal.Parse/CS/parse.cs b/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_CLR_System/system.Decimal.Parse/CS/parse.cs
index f9f65efa3f3..ac9234f5d11 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_CLR_System/system.Decimal.Parse/CS/parse.cs
+++ b/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_CLR_System/system.Decimal.Parse/CS/parse.cs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ private static void CallParseWithStylesAndProvider()
       CultureInfo provider;
 
       // Parse string using " " as the thousands separator
-      // and "." as the decimal separator.
+      // and "," as the decimal separator for fr-FR culture.
       value = "892 694,12";
       style = NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint | NumberStyles.AllowThousands;
       provider = new CultureInfo("fr-FR");
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ private static void CallParseWithStylesAndProvider()
       //    Unable to parse '892 694,12'.
 
       // Parse string using "$" as the currency symbol for en-GB and
-      // en-us cultures.
+      // en-US cultures.
       value = "$6,032.51";
       style = NumberStyles.Number | NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol;
       provider = new CultureInfo("en-GB");
diff --git a/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR_System/system.Decimal.Parse/VB/parse.vb b/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR_System/system.Decimal.Parse/VB/parse.vb
index 8c1fcb2d38a..d3a8c98ce6a 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR_System/system.Decimal.Parse/VB/parse.vb
+++ b/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR_System/system.Decimal.Parse/VB/parse.vb
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Module modMain
       Dim provider As CultureInfo
       
       ' Parse string using " " as the thousands separator 
-      ' and "." as the decimal separator. 
+      ' and "," as the decimal separator for fr-FR culture.
       value = "892 694,12"
       style = NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint Or NumberStyles.AllowThousands
       provider = New CultureInfo("fr-FR")
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Module modMain
       '    Unable to parse '892 694,12'.  
       
       ' Parse string using "$" as the currency symbol for en-GB and
-      ' en-us cultures.
+      ' en-US cultures.
       value = "$6,032.51"
       style = NumberStyles.Number Or NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol
       provider = New CultureInfo("en-GB")