diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle b/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle
index e46f5bbb0c8b..b5430e554353 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle
@@ -416,9 +416,8 @@ savefig.edgecolor   : w        # figure edgecolor when saving
 savefig.format      : png      # png, ps, pdf, svg
 savefig.bbox        : standard # 'tight' or 'standard'.
                                # 'tight' is incompatible with pipe-based animation
-                               # backends but will workd with temporary file based ones:
-                               # e.g. setting animation.writer to ffmpeg will not work,
-                               # use ffmpeg_file instead
+                               # backends (e.g. 'ffmpeg') but will work with those
+                               # based on temporary files (e.g. 'ffmpeg_file')
 savefig.pad_inches  : 0.1      # Padding to be used when bbox is set to 'tight'
 savefig.transparent : False    # setting that controls whether figures are saved with a
                                # transparent background by default
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
index 53183c1ce3e5..e83d661998db 100644
--- a/matplotlibrc.template
+++ b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -660,9 +660,8 @@
 #savefig.format:    png         # {png, ps, pdf, svg}
 #savefig.bbox:      standard    # {tight, standard}
                                 # 'tight' is incompatible with pipe-based animation
-                                # backends but will workd with temporary file based ones:
-                                # e.g. setting animation.writer to ffmpeg will not work,
-                                # use ffmpeg_file instead
+                                # backends (e.g. 'ffmpeg') but will work with those
+                                # based on temporary files (e.g. 'ffmpeg_file')
 #savefig.pad_inches:   0.1      # Padding to be used when bbox is set to 'tight'
 #savefig.directory:    ~        # default directory in savefig dialog box,
                                 # leave empty to always use current working directory