diff --git a/examples/H5Part/read_setnparticles.c b/examples/H5Part/read_setnparticles.c
index 2b9645f..ef8ac20 100644
--- a/examples/H5Part/read_setnparticles.c
+++ b/examples/H5Part/read_setnparticles.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ main (
         H5AbortOnError ();
         H5SetVerbosityLevel (H5_VERBOSE_INFO);
 
-        // open file and open step #0
+        // open file and go to first step
         h5_file_t file = H5OpenFile (FNAME, H5_O_RDONLY, H5_PROP_DEFAULT);
         H5SetStep (file, 0);
 
diff --git a/examples/H5Part/read_setview.c b/examples/H5Part/read_setview.c
index 8aa2f13..4c60f89 100644
--- a/examples/H5Part/read_setview.c
+++ b/examples/H5Part/read_setview.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ main (
         H5AbortOnError ();
         H5SetVerbosityLevel (verbosity);
 
-        // open file and go to step#0
+        // open file and go to first step
         h5_file_t file = H5OpenFile (FNAME, H5_O_RDONLY, H5_PROP_DEFAULT);
         H5SetStep (file, 0);
 
diff --git a/examples/H5Part/read_strided.c b/examples/H5Part/read_strided.c
index da92b42..458fb9e 100644
--- a/examples/H5Part/read_strided.c
+++ b/examples/H5Part/read_strided.c
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ main (
         H5AbortOnError ();
         H5SetVerbosityLevel (verbosity);
 
+	// open file and go to first step
         h5_file_t file = H5OpenFile (FNAME, H5_O_RDONLY, H5_PROP_DEFAULT);
-
         H5SetStep (file, 0);
 
         // Get number of particles in datasets and allocate memory