diff --git a/coffeescript.html.markdown b/coffeescript.html.markdown
index 82c6024c..4fdf5903 100644
--- a/coffeescript.html.markdown
+++ b/coffeescript.html.markdown
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See also [the CoffeeScript website](http://coffeescript.org/), which has a compl
``` coffeescript
# CoffeeScript is a hipster language.
# It goes with the trends of many modern languages.
-# So comments are like Ruby and Python, they use hashes.
+# So comments are like Ruby and Python, they use number symbols.
###
Block comments are like these, and they translate directly to '/ *'s and '* /'s
diff --git a/elixir.html.markdown b/elixir.html.markdown
index df586649..0892deb7 100644
--- a/elixir.html.markdown
+++ b/elixir.html.markdown
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ and many more features.
```elixir
-# Single line comments start with a hashtag.
+# Single line comments start with a number symbol.
# There's no multi-line comment,
# but you can stack multiple comments.
diff --git a/julia.html.markdown b/julia.html.markdown
index 665b4fd3..15b4be90 100644
--- a/julia.html.markdown
+++ b/julia.html.markdown
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This is based on the current development version of Julia, as of October 18th, 2
```ruby
-# Single line comments start with a hash.
+# Single line comments start with a number symbol.
#= Multiline comments can be written
by putting '#=' before the text and '=#'
after the text. They can also be nested.
diff --git a/livescript.html.markdown b/livescript.html.markdown
index 5fd61f49..429b91cb 100644
--- a/livescript.html.markdown
+++ b/livescript.html.markdown
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Feedback is always welcome, so feel free to reach me over at
```coffeescript
-# Just like its CoffeeScript cousin, LiveScript uses hash symbols for
+# Just like its CoffeeScript cousin, LiveScript uses number symbols for
# single-line comments.
/*
diff --git a/perl.html.markdown b/perl.html.markdown
index ad9155e4..da2e0cdf 100644
--- a/perl.html.markdown
+++ b/perl.html.markdown
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Perl 5 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over 25 years
Perl 5 runs on over 100 platforms from portables to mainframes and is suitable for both rapid prototyping and large scale development projects.
```perl
-# Single line comments start with a hash.
+# Single line comments start with a number symbol.
#### Perl variable types
diff --git a/python.html.markdown b/python.html.markdown
index ced01910..bbc1bd92 100644
--- a/python.html.markdown
+++ b/python.html.markdown
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ to Python 2.x. Look for another tour of Python 3 soon!
```python
-# Single line comments start with a hash.
+# Single line comments start with a number symbol.
""" Multiline strings can be written
using three "'s, and are often used
diff --git a/r.html.markdown b/r.html.markdown
index 9c17e8ca..ea94ae42 100644
--- a/r.html.markdown
+++ b/r.html.markdown
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ R is a statistical computing language. It has lots of libraries for uploading an
```python
-# Comments start with hashtags.
+# Comments start with number symbols.
# You can't make a multi-line comment per se,
# but you can stack multiple comments like so.