diff --git a/php.ini-development b/php.ini-development
index 22243099257..703fddb20f7 100644
--- a/php.ini-development
+++ b/php.ini-development
@@ -663,11 +663,10 @@ auto_prepend_file =
 ; http://php.net/auto-append-file
 auto_append_file =
 
-; By default, PHP will output a character encoding using
-; the Content-type: header.  To disable sending of the charset, simply
-; set it to be empty.
+; By default, PHP will output a media type using the Content-Type header. To
+; disable this, simply set it to be empty.
 ;
-; PHP's built-in default is text/html
+; PHP's built-in default media type is set to text/html.
 ; http://php.net/default-mimetype
 default_mimetype = "text/html"
 
diff --git a/php.ini-production b/php.ini-production
index a7cacb56481..d47500ca274 100644
--- a/php.ini-production
+++ b/php.ini-production
@@ -663,11 +663,10 @@ auto_prepend_file =
 ; http://php.net/auto-append-file
 auto_append_file =
 
-; By default, PHP will output a character encoding using
-; the Content-type: header.  To disable sending of the charset, simply
-; set it to be empty.
+; By default, PHP will output a media type using the Content-Type header. To
+; disable this, simply set it to be empty.
 ;
-; PHP's built-in default is text/html
+; PHP's built-in default media type is set to text/html.
 ; http://php.net/default-mimetype
 default_mimetype = "text/html"