diff --git a/install/kubernetes/helm/istio/templates/configmap.yaml b/install/kubernetes/helm/istio/templates/configmap.yaml
index f444a5dfa375..a3ba1b23129b 100644
--- a/install/kubernetes/helm/istio/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/install/kubernetes/helm/istio/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ metadata:
     release: {{ .Release.Name }}
 data:
   mesh: |-
-    # Set the following variable to true to disable policy checks by the Mixer.
-    # Note that metrics will still be reported to the Mixer.
+    # Set the following variable to true to disable policy checks by Mixer.
+    # Note that metrics will still be reported to Mixer.
     {{- if .Values.mixer.policy.enabled }}
     disablePolicyChecks: {{ .Values.global.disablePolicyChecks }}
     {{- else }}
diff --git a/istioctl/cmd/testdata/mesh-config.yaml b/istioctl/cmd/testdata/mesh-config.yaml
index 84aa5f8eb971..eefaea400d26 100644
--- a/istioctl/cmd/testdata/mesh-config.yaml
+++ b/istioctl/cmd/testdata/mesh-config.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Set the following variable to true to disable policy checks by the Mixer.
-# Note that metrics will still be reported to the Mixer.
+# Set the following variable to true to disable policy checks by Mixer.
+# Note that metrics will still be reported to Mixer.
 disablePolicyChecks: false
 # Set enableTracing to false to disable request tracing.
 enableTracing: true
 #
-# To disable the mixer completely (including metrics), comment out
+# To disable Mixer completely (including metrics), comment out
 # the following lines
 mixerCheckServer: istio-policy.istio-system.svc.cluster.local:15004
 mixerReportServer: istio-telemetry.istio-system.svc.cluster.local:15004