diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index ce914413f16d97591784447dd76823350a7a4965..c256ecc02072d6e219446ec514a869c26de63e36 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
         <echo message="Warning: under development"/>
         <echo message="Reset MV3500 user's Viskit configuration files in ${dot.viskit.dir}"/>
         <delete includeemptydirs="yes" dir="${dot.viskit.dir}"/>
-        <!-- repopulute with defaults
-        <mkdir dir="${dot.viskit.dir}"/> -->
+        <!-- repopulute with defaults -->
+        <mkdir dir="${dot.viskit.dir}"/>
         <copy verbose="true" tofile="${dot.viskit.dir}/c_app.xml" file="c_app.ViskitDefaultMV3500.xml"/>
         <copy                todir ="${dot.viskit.dir}"           file="${c_gui.xml}"/>
     </target>
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
         <echo message="Warning: under development"/>
         <echo message="Reset MV3500 user's Viskit configuration files in ${dot.viskit.dir}"/>
         <delete includeemptydirs="yes" dir="${dot.viskit.dir}"/>
-        <!-- repopulute with defaults
-        <mkdir dir="${dot.viskit.dir}"/> -->
+        <!-- repopulute with defaults -->
+        <mkdir dir="${dot.viskit.dir}"/>
         <copy verbose="true" tofile="${dot.viskit.dir}/c_app.xml" file="c_app.ViskitDefaultProject.xml"/>
         <copy                todir ="${dot.viskit.dir}"           file="${c_gui.xml}"/>
     </target>
@@ -321,8 +321,9 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
     <target name="reset.viskit" description="clear an out of synch configuration and metadata directory - only when necessary">
         <echo message="Reset user's Viskit configuration files in ${dot.viskit.dir}"/>
         <delete includeemptydirs="yes" dir="${dot.viskit.dir}"/>
-        <!-- repopulute with defaults
-        <mkdir dir="${dot.viskit.dir}"/> -->
+        <mkdir dir="${dot.viskit.dir}"/>
+        <!-- repopulute with defaults -->
+        <!-- ${c_app.xml} and ${c_gui.xml} are properties in the build.properties definitions -->
         <copy todir="${dot.viskit.dir}" file="${c_app.xml}"/>
         <copy todir="${dot.viskit.dir}" file="${c_gui.xml}"/>
     </target>