diff --git a/examples/helloworld/README.md b/examples/helloworld/README.md
index 70d5e760b..8395733f3 100644
--- a/examples/helloworld/README.md
+++ b/examples/helloworld/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 ## "Hello World" overview
 
-This example is a minimalistic application of the pdf.js project. The file `helloworld.pdf` is from the GNUpdf project (see [Introduction to PDF at GNUpdf](http://gnupdf.org/Introduction_to_PDF), and contains a simple and human-readable PDF.
+This example is a minimalistic application of the pdf.js project. The file 
+`helloworld.pdf` is from the GNUpdf project (see [Introduction to PDF at GNUpdf](http://gnupdf.org/Introduction_to_PDF), and contains a simple and 
+human-readable PDF.
 
 
 ## Getting started
 
-Point your browser to `index.html`. Voila. Take a peek at `hello.js` to see how to make basic calls to `pdf.js`.
+Point your browser to `index.html`. Voila. Take a peek at `hello.js` to see 
+how to make basic calls to `pdf.js`.
 
 
 ## Additional resources
diff --git a/examples/helloworld/hello.js b/examples/helloworld/hello.js
index 0bf46311a..21799c33a 100644
--- a/examples/helloworld/hello.js
+++ b/examples/helloworld/hello.js
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 
 //
-// Ajax GET request for binary files
+// Ajax GET request, for binary files
 // (like jQuery's $.get(), but supports the binary type ArrayBuffer)
 //
-var binaryGet = function(url, callback){
+var ajaxGet = function(url, callback){
   var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
   xhr.open('GET', url);
   xhr.mozResponseType = xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var binaryGet = function(url, callback){
 //
 // This is where the fun happens
 //
-binaryGet('helloworld.pdf', function(data){
+ajaxGet('helloworld.pdf', function(data){
   //
   // Instantiate PDFDoc with PDF data
   //