diff --git a/src/pkg/unicode/maketables.go b/src/pkg/unicode/maketables.go
index 16bc83cea9..fcd14fc733 100644
--- a/src/pkg/unicode/maketables.go
+++ b/src/pkg/unicode/maketables.go
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ func printCategories() {
 			func(code rune) bool { return chars[code].category == name })
 	}
 	decl.Sort()
-	fmt.Println("// The following variables are of type *RangeTable:")
+	fmt.Println("// These variables have type *RangeTable.")
 	fmt.Println("var (")
 	for _, d := range decl {
 		fmt.Print(d)
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ func printScriptOrProperty(doProps bool) {
 		fmt.Print("}\n\n")
 	}
 	decl.Sort()
-	fmt.Println("// The following variables are of type *RangeTable:")
+	fmt.Println("// These variables have type *RangeTable.")
 	fmt.Println("var (")
 	for _, d := range decl {
 		fmt.Print(d)
diff --git a/src/pkg/unicode/tables.go b/src/pkg/unicode/tables.go
index 5009e6b98c..ebd169b099 100644
--- a/src/pkg/unicode/tables.go
+++ b/src/pkg/unicode/tables.go
@@ -2701,7 +2701,7 @@ var _Zs = &RangeTable{
 	},
 }
 
-// The following variables are of type *RangeTable:
+// These variables have type *RangeTable.
 var (
 	Cc     = _Cc // Cc is the set of Unicode characters in category Cc.
 	Cf     = _Cf // Cf is the set of Unicode characters in category Cf.
@@ -4054,7 +4054,7 @@ var _Yi = &RangeTable{
 	},
 }
 
-// The following variables are of type *RangeTable:
+// These variables have type *RangeTable.
 var (
 	Arabic                 = _Arabic                 // Arabic is the set of Unicode characters in script Arabic.
 	Armenian               = _Armenian               // Armenian is the set of Unicode characters in script Armenian.
@@ -5116,7 +5116,7 @@ var _White_Space = &RangeTable{
 	},
 }
 
-// The following variables are of type *RangeTable:
+// These variables have type *RangeTable.
 var (
 	ASCII_Hex_Digit                    = _ASCII_Hex_Digit                    // ASCII_Hex_Digit is the set of Unicode characters with property ASCII_Hex_Digit.
 	Bidi_Control                       = _Bidi_Control                       // Bidi_Control is the set of Unicode characters with property Bidi_Control.