diff --git a/artisan b/artisan
index cbe116d45..8e04b4224 100755
--- a/artisan
+++ b/artisan
@@ -5,22 +5,11 @@ use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput;
 
 define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
 
-/**
- * Composer provides a convenient, automatically generated class loader for
- * this application. We just need to utilize it! We'll simply require it
- * into the script here so we don't need to manually load our classes.
- */
-
+// Register the Composer autoloader...
 require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
 
-/**
- * When we run the console application, the current CLI command will be
- * executed by an Artisan command and the exit code is given back to
- * the caller. Once the command is handled, the script terminates.
- */
-
-$app = require_once __DIR__.'/bootstrap/app.php';
-
-$status = $app->handleCommand(new ArgvInput);
+// Bootstrap Laravel and handle the command...
+$status = (require_once __DIR__.'/bootstrap/app.php')
+    ->handleCommand(new ArgvInput);
 
 exit($status);
diff --git a/bootstrap/app.php b/bootstrap/app.php
index 2c7466e2d..125b6f33f 100644
--- a/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Exceptions;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Middleware;
 
-/**
- * The first thing we will do is create a new Laravel application instance
- * which serves as the brain for all of the Laravel components. We will
- * also use the application to configure core, foundational behavior.
- */
-
 return Application::configure()
     ->withProviders()
     ->withRouting(
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index d35d80f58..947d98963 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -4,30 +4,14 @@ use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
 
-/**
- * If the application is in maintenance / demo mode via the "down" command
- * we will load this file so that any pre-rendered content can be shown
- * instead of starting the framework, which could cause an exception.
- */
-
+// Determine if the application is in maintenance mode...
 if (file_exists($maintenance = __DIR__.'/../storage/framework/maintenance.php')) {
     require $maintenance;
 }
 
-/**
- * Composer provides a convenient, automatically generated class loader for
- * this application. We just need to utilize it! We'll simply require it
- * into the script here so we don't need to manually load our classes.
- */
-
+// Register the Composer autoloader...
 require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-/**
- * Once we have the application, we can handle the incoming request using
- * the application's HTTP kernel. Then, we will send the response back
- * to this client's browser, allowing them to enjoy our application.
- */
-
-$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';
-
-$app->handleRequest(Request::capture());
+// Bootstrap Laravel and handle the request...
+(require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php')
+    ->handleRequest(Request::capture());