diff --git a/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/grails/gorm/api/GormStaticOperations.groovy b/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/grails/gorm/api/GormStaticOperations.groovy
index 4799302bed9..64abf6116c8 100644
--- a/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/grails/gorm/api/GormStaticOperations.groovy
+++ b/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/grails/gorm/api/GormStaticOperations.groovy
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ interface GormStaticOperations<D> {
     D create()
 
     /**
-     * Retrieves and object from the datastore. eg. Book.get(1)
+     * Retrieves an object from the datastore. eg. Book.get(1)
      */
     D get(Serializable id)
 
     /**
-     * Retrieves and object from the datastore. eg. Book.read(1)
+     * Retrieves an object from the datastore. eg. Book.read(1)
      *
      * Since the datastore abstraction doesn't support dirty checking yet this
      * just delegates to {@link #get(Serializable)}
@@ -119,12 +119,12 @@ interface GormStaticOperations<D> {
     D read(Serializable id)
 
     /**
-     * Retrieves and object from the datastore as a proxy. eg. Book.load(1)
+     * Retrieves an object from the datastore as a proxy. eg. Book.load(1)
      */
     D load(Serializable id)
 
     /**
-     * Retrieves and object from the datastore as a proxy. eg. Book.proxy(1)
+     * Retrieves an object from the datastore as a proxy. eg. Book.proxy(1)
      */
     D proxy(Serializable id)
 
diff --git a/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/org/grails/datastore/gorm/GormEntity.groovy b/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/org/grails/datastore/gorm/GormEntity.groovy
index edc0e37bb09..efc2f949ee6 100644
--- a/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/org/grails/datastore/gorm/GormEntity.groovy
+++ b/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/org/grails/datastore/gorm/GormEntity.groovy
@@ -547,14 +547,14 @@ trait GormEntity<D> implements GormValidateable, DirtyCheckable, GormEntityApi<D
     }
 
     /**
-     * Retrieves and object from the datastore. eg. Book.get(1)
+     * Retrieves an object from the datastore. eg. Book.get(1)
      */
     static D get(Serializable id) {
         currentGormStaticApi().get id
     }
 
     /**
-     * Retrieves and object from the datastore. eg. Book.read(1)
+     * Retrieves an object from the datastore. eg. Book.read(1)
      *
      * Since the datastore abstraction doesn't support dirty checking yet this
      * just delegates to {@link #get(Serializable)}
@@ -564,14 +564,14 @@ trait GormEntity<D> implements GormValidateable, DirtyCheckable, GormEntityApi<D
     }
 
     /**
-     * Retrieves and object from the datastore as a proxy. eg. Book.load(1)
+     * Retrieves an object from the datastore as a proxy. eg. Book.load(1)
      */
     static D load(Serializable id) {
         currentGormStaticApi().load id
     }
 
     /**
-     * Retrieves and object from the datastore as a proxy. eg. Book.proxy(1)
+     * Retrieves an object from the datastore as a proxy. eg. Book.proxy(1)
      */
     static D proxy(Serializable id) {
         currentGormStaticApi().proxy id
diff --git a/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/org/grails/datastore/gorm/GormStaticApi.groovy b/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/org/grails/datastore/gorm/GormStaticApi.groovy
index 01602a70edc..4f7080d7549 100644
--- a/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/org/grails/datastore/gorm/GormStaticApi.groovy
+++ b/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/org/grails/datastore/gorm/GormStaticApi.groovy
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class GormStaticApi<D> extends AbstractGormApi<D> implements GormAllOperations<D
     }
 
     /**
-     * Retrieves and object from the datastore. eg. Book.get(1)
+     * Retrieves an object from the datastore. eg. Book.get(1)
      */
     D get(Serializable id) {
         (D)execute({ Session session ->
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ class GormStaticApi<D> extends AbstractGormApi<D> implements GormAllOperations<D
     }
 
     /**
-     * Retrieves and object from the datastore. eg. Book.read(1)
+     * Retrieves an object from the datastore. eg. Book.read(1)
      *
      * Since the datastore abstraction doesn't support dirty checking yet this
      * just delegates to {@link #get(Serializable)}
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class GormStaticApi<D> extends AbstractGormApi<D> implements GormAllOperations<D
     }
 
     /**
-     * Retrieves and object from the datastore as a proxy. eg. Book.load(1)
+     * Retrieves an object from the datastore as a proxy. eg. Book.load(1)
      */
     D load(Serializable id) {
         (D)execute ({ Session session ->
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ class GormStaticApi<D> extends AbstractGormApi<D> implements GormAllOperations<D
     }
 
     /**
-     * Retrieves and object from the datastore as a proxy. eg. Book.proxy(1)
+     * Retrieves an object from the datastore as a proxy. eg. Book.proxy(1)
      */
     D proxy(Serializable id) {
         load(id)