diff --git a/example/cookbook/fill_em_up.cpp b/example/cookbook/fill_em_up.cpp
index 321068d7..1851529f 100644
--- a/example/cookbook/fill_em_up.cpp
+++ b/example/cookbook/fill_em_up.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 
     So... you have an input sequence I and a target vector R. You want to
     copy I into R. But, I may have less elements than the result vector R.
-    For those elements not in R, you want them to be default conctructed.
+    For those elements not in R, you want them to be default constructed.
+
     Here's a case:
     
         I: list<double, std::string>
@@ -18,17 +19,19 @@
     You want the elements at the right of I not in R (i.e. int, short)
     default constructed. Those at the left, found in both I and R, you want
     to simply copy from I.
+    
+    Of course you want to be able to handle any type of I and R.
 
 ==============================================================================*/
 
-// We'll use these containers
+// We'll use these containers as examples
 #include <boost/fusion/sequence/container/list.hpp>
 #include <boost/fusion/sequence/container/vector.hpp>
 
 // For doing I/O
 #include <boost/fusion/sequence/io.hpp>
 
-// We'll use join and advance
+// We'll use join and advance for processing
 #include <boost/fusion/algorithm/transformation/join.hpp>
 #include <boost/fusion/iterator/advance.hpp>
 
@@ -58,13 +61,15 @@ main()
     typedef vector<double, std::string, int, short> R;
 
     // Let's get the sizes of the sequences. Yeah, you already know that.
-    // But with templates, where you are simply given, say, R and I,
-    // corresponding to the types of the sequences, you'll have to deal 
-    // with it generically.
+    // But with templates, you are simply given, say, R and I, corresponding 
+    // to the types of the sequences. You'll have to deal with it generically.
     static int const r_size = result_of::size<R>::value;
     static int const i_size = result_of::size<I>::value;
 
     // Make sure that I has no more elements than R
+    // Be nice and catch obvious errors earlier rather than later.
+    // Without this assert, the mistake will still be caught by Fusion,
+    // but the error will point to somewhere really obscure.
     BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(i_size <= r_size);
 
     // Let's get the begin and end iterator types of the output sequence
@@ -86,9 +91,11 @@ main()
     // Use join to join the input sequence and our mpl::iterator_range
     // Our mpl::iterator_range is 'tail'. Here, we'll actually instantiate
     // 'tail'. Notice that this is a flyweight object, typically just 1 byte
-    // in size -- it doesn't really hold any data, but it is a fully conforming
+    // in size -- it doesn't really hold any data, but is a fully conforming
     // sequence nonetheless. When asked to return its elements, 'tail' returns
     // each element default constructed. Breeds like a rabbit!
+
+    // Construct R from the joined sequences:
     R r(join(i, tail()));
     
     // Then finally, print the result: