diff --git a/snippets/defer.md b/snippets/defer.md
index 88706b86d..1a0a63649 100644
--- a/snippets/defer.md
+++ b/snippets/defer.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Defers invoking a function until the current call stack has cleared.
 
-Use `window.setTimeout()` with a timeout of 1ms to add a new event to the browser
+Use `setTimeout()` with a timeout of 1ms to add a new event to the browser
 event queue and allow the rendering engine to complete its work. Use the spread/rest (`...`)
 operator to supply the function with an arbitrary number of arguments.
 
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ defer(console.log, 'a'), console.log('b'); // logs 'b' then 'a'
 
 // Example B:
 document.querySelector('#someElement').innerHTML = 'Hello';
-longRunningFunction(); // The browser will not update the HTML until this has finished
-defer(longRunningFunction); // The browser will update the HTML then run the function
+longRunningFunction(); // the browser will not update the HTML until this has finished
+defer(longRunningFunction); // the browser will update the HTML then run the function
 ```