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diff --git a/redis.conf b/redis.conf
index c9ff26cf..c48a2fb8 100644
--- a/redis.conf
+++ b/redis.conf
@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
 # Redis configuration file example
 
+# Note on units: when memory size is needed, it is possible to specifiy
+# it in the usual form of 1k 5GB 4M and so forth:
+#
+# 1k => 1000 bytes
+# 1kb => 1024 bytes
+# 1m => 1000000 bytes
+# 1mb => 1024*1024 bytes
+# 1g => 1000000000 bytes
+# 1gb => 1024*1024*1024 bytes
+#
+# units are case insensitive so 1GB 1Gb 1gB are all the same.
+
 # By default Redis does not run as a daemon. Use 'yes' if you need it.
 # Note that Redis will write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid when daemonized.
 daemonize no
 
-# When run as a daemon, Redis write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid by default.
-# You can specify a custom pid file location here.
+# When running daemonized, Redis writes a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid by
+# default. You can specify a custom pid file location here.
 pidfile /var/run/redis.pid
 
 # Accept connections on the specified port, default is 6379
 port 6379
 
 # If you want you can bind a single interface, if the bind option is not
-# specified all the interfaces will listen for connections.
+# specified all the interfaces will listen for incoming connections.
 #
 # bind 127.0.0.1
 
@@ -28,7 +40,7 @@ timeout 300
 loglevel verbose
 
 # Specify the log file name. Also 'stdout' can be used to force
-# the demon to log on the standard output. Note that if you use standard
+# Redis to log on the standard output. Note that if you use standard
 # output for logging but daemonize, logs will be sent to /dev/null
 logfile stdout
 
@@ -66,8 +78,14 @@ rdbcompression yes
 # The filename where to dump the DB
 dbfilename dump.rdb
 
-# For default save/load DB in/from the working directory
-# Note that you must specify a directory not a file name.
+# The working directory.
+#
+# The DB will be written inside this directory, with the filename specified
+# above using the 'dbfilename' configuration directive.
+# 
+# Also the Append Only File will be created inside this directory.
+# 
+# Note that you must specify a directory here, not a file name.
 dir ./
 
 ################################# REPLICATION #################################
@@ -94,6 +112,10 @@ dir ./
 #
 # This should stay commented out for backward compatibility and because most
 # people do not need auth (e.g. they run their own servers).
+# 
+# Warning: since Redis is pretty fast an outside user can try up to
+# 150k passwords per second against a good box. This means that you should
+# use a very strong password otherwise it will be very easy to break.
 #
 # requirepass foobared
 
@@ -141,13 +163,14 @@ dir ./
 # Still if append only mode is enabled Redis will load the data from the
 # log file at startup ignoring the dump.rdb file.
 #
-# The name of the append only file is "appendonly.aof"
-#
 # IMPORTANT: Check the BGREWRITEAOF to check how to rewrite the append
 # log file in background when it gets too big.
 
 appendonly no
 
+# The name of the append only file (default: "appendonly.aof")
+# appendfilename appendonly.aof
+
 # The fsync() call tells the Operating System to actually write data on disk
 # instead to wait for more data in the output buffer. Some OS will really flush 
 # data on disk, some other OS will just try to do it ASAP.
@@ -188,20 +211,16 @@ vm-enabled no
 
 # This is the path of the Redis swap file. As you can guess, swap files
 # can't be shared by different Redis instances, so make sure to use a swap
-# file for every redis process you are running.
-#
-# The swap file name may contain "%p" that is substituted with the PID of
-# the Redis process, so the default name /tmp/redis-%p.vm will work even
-# with multiple instances as Redis will use, for example, redis-811.vm
-# for one instance and redis-593.vm for another one.
+# file for every redis process you are running. Redis will complain if the
+# swap file is already in use.
 #
-# Useless to say, the best kind of disk for a Redis swap file (that's accessed
-# at random) is a Solid State Disk (SSD).
+# The best kind of storage for the Redis swap file (that's accessed at random) 
+# is a Solid State Disk (SSD).
 #
 # *** WARNING *** if you are using a shared hosting the default of putting
 # the swap file under /tmp is not secure. Create a dir with access granted
 # only to Redis user and configure Redis to create the swap file there.
-vm-swap-file /tmp/redis-%p.vm
+vm-swap-file /tmp/redis.swap
 
 # vm-max-memory configures the VM to use at max the specified amount of
 # RAM. Everything that deos not fit will be swapped on disk *if* possible, that