diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/script/ScriptDef.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/script/ScriptDef.java
index e45668c14..9f3854fe0 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/script/ScriptDef.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/script/ScriptDef.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class ScriptDef extends DefBase {
 
         if (helper.getSrc() == null && helper.getEncoding() != null) {
             throw new BuildException("scriptdef requires a src attribute "
-                    + "if the encoding is set");
+                + "if the encoding is set");
         }
 
         // Check if need to set the loader
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ public class ScriptDef extends DefBase {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Defines the compilation feature (optional).
+     * Defines the compilation feature ; optional.
      *
      * @param compiled enables the script compilation if available.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ScriptRunnerBase.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ScriptRunnerBase.java
index ae0af33e9..c73899967 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ScriptRunnerBase.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ScriptRunnerBase.java
@@ -283,11 +283,11 @@ public abstract class ScriptRunnerBase {
      * @throws BuildException if the resource cannot be read
      */
     public void loadResource(Resource sourceResource) {
-    	if(sourceResource instanceof StringResource) {
+    	if (sourceResource instanceof StringResource) {
     		script += ((StringResource) sourceResource).getValue();
     		return;
     	}
-    	if(sourceResource instanceof PropertyResource) {
+    	if (sourceResource instanceof PropertyResource) {
     		script += ((PropertyResource) sourceResource).getValue();
     		return;
     	}
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ScriptRunnerHelper.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ScriptRunnerHelper.java
index 528a565ad..eda042114 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ScriptRunnerHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ScriptRunnerHelper.java
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public class ScriptRunnerHelper {
      * If this is true and the compilation feature is available in
      * the script engine, the script is compiled before the first
      * evaluation, and should be cached for future evaluations.
-     * Otherwise, a script is evaluated is used.
+     * Otherwise, the script is evaluated each time.
      * The default is false.
      *
      * @param compiled the value to set.