diff --git a/WesExamples/build.gradle b/WesExamples/build.gradle
index aecb2be..95602aa 100644
--- a/WesExamples/build.gradle
+++ b/WesExamples/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 //   of the root project.
 
 plugins {
-    id 'application' // to build Java applications
+    id 'application' // to build JVM applications
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ tasks.register('cleanSOs', Delete) { // extracted Linux and Android native libra
     delete fileTree(dir: '.', include: '*.so')
 }
 
-// Register tasks to run specific apps:
+// Register tasks to run the example apps:
 
 tasks.register('AppChooser', JavaExec) {
     mainClass = 'jme3utilities.test.wes.AppChooser'
diff --git a/WesLibrary/build.gradle b/WesLibrary/build.gradle
index 250e8f9..1050c72 100644
--- a/WesLibrary/build.gradle
+++ b/WesLibrary/build.gradle
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 //   of the root project.
 
 plugins {
-    id 'java-library'
-    id 'maven-publish'
-    id 'signing'
+    id 'java-library'  // to build JVM libraries
+    id 'maven-publish' // to publish artifacts to Maven repositories
+    id 'signing'       // to sign artifacts for publication
 }
 
 ext {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a562a8e..79cbc59 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Gradle build script for the Wes project
+// Gradle script to build the Wes project
 
 plugins {
     id 'base' // to add a "clean" task to the root project
diff --git a/common.gradle b/common.gradle
index fcc5470..4b70cc3 100644
--- a/common.gradle
+++ b/common.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Gradle settings and tasks common to all Wes subprojects
 
-apply plugin: 'checkstyle'
+apply plugin: 'checkstyle' // to analyze Java sourcecode for style violations
 apply plugin: 'java'
 
 java {