diff --git a/pelican/tools/templates/develop_server.sh.in b/pelican/tools/templates/develop_server.sh.in
index 16b61518..195d9d6e 100755
--- a/pelican/tools/templates/develop_server.sh.in
+++ b/pelican/tools/templates/develop_server.sh.in
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ PELICAN_PID=$$BASEDIR/pelican.pid
 
 function usage(){
   echo "usage: $$0 (stop) (start) (restart) [port]"
-  echo "This starts pelican in debug and reload mode and then launches"
-  echo "A pelican.server to help site development. It doesn't read"
-  echo "your pelican options so you edit any paths in your Makefile"
-  echo "you will need to edit it as well"
+  echo "This starts Pelican in debug and reload mode and then launches"
+  echo "an HTTP server to help site development. It doesn't read"
+  echo "your Pelican settings, so if you edit any paths in your Makefile"
+  echo "you will need to edit your settings as well."
   exit 3
 }
 
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ function shut_down(){
   PID=$$(cat $$SRV_PID)
   if [[ $$? -eq 0 ]]; then
     if alive $PID; then
-      echo "Killing pelican.server"
+      echo "Stopping HTTP server"
       kill $$PID
     else
       echo "Stale PID, deleting"
     fi
     rm $$SRV_PID
   else
-    echo "pelican.server PIDFile not found"
+    echo "HTTP server PIDFile not found"
   fi
 
   PID=$$(cat $$PELICAN_PID)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function shut_down(){
 
 function start_up(){
   local port=$$1
-  echo "Starting up Pelican and pelican.server"
+  echo "Starting up Pelican and HTTP server"
   shift
   $$PELICAN --debug --autoreload -r $$INPUTDIR -o $$OUTPUTDIR -s $$CONFFILE $$PELICANOPTS &
   pelican_pid=$$!
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ function start_up(){
   cd $$BASEDIR
   sleep 1
   if ! alive $$pelican_pid ; then
-    echo "Pelican didn't start. Is the pelican package installed?"
+    echo "Pelican didn't start. Is the Pelican package installed?"
     return 1
   elif ! alive $$srv_pid ; then
-    echo "pelican.server didn't start. Is there something else which uses port 8000?"
+    echo "The HTTP server didn't start. Is there another service using port 8000?"
     return 1
   fi
-  echo 'Pelican and pelican.server processes now running in background.'
+  echo 'Pelican and HTTP server processes now running in background.'
 }
 
 ###
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ elif [[ $$1 == "restart" ]]; then
   start_up $$port
 elif [[ $$1 == "start" ]]; then
   if ! start_up $$port; then
-    shut_down 
+    shut_down
   fi
 else
   usage