diff --git a/templates/eject-esm/server.js b/templates/eject-esm/server.js
index 7196ab2b..d9527b13 100644
--- a/templates/eject-esm/server.js
+++ b/templates/eject-esm/server.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import closeWithGrace from 'close-with-grace'
 // Import your application
 import appService from './app.js'
 
-// Dotenv config
+// Read and load environment variables from .env files (ignore if not present)
 try {
   process.loadEnvFile()
 } catch {}
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const app = Fastify({
   logger: true
 })
 
-// Register your application as a normal plugin.
+// Register your application as a normal plugin
 app.register(appService)
 
 // delay is the number of milliseconds for the graceful close to finish
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ closeWithGrace({ delay: process.env.FASTIFY_CLOSE_GRACE_DELAY || 500 }, async fu
   await app.close()
 })
 
-// Start listening.
+// Start listening
 app.listen({ port: process.env.PORT || 3000 }, (err) => {
   if (err) {
     app.log.error(err)
diff --git a/templates/eject-ts/server.ts b/templates/eject-ts/server.ts
index 0fd28fa4..c4e44e1b 100644
--- a/templates/eject-ts/server.ts
+++ b/templates/eject-ts/server.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import Fastify from 'fastify'
 
 // Require library to exit fastify process, gracefully (if possible)
 import closeWithGrace from 'close-with-grace'
+
+// Read and load environment variables from .env files (ignore if not present)
 try {
   process.loadEnvFile()
 } catch {}
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ const app = Fastify({
   logger: true,
 })
 
-// Register your application as a normal plugin.
+// Register your application as a normal plugin
 app.register(import('./app'))
 
 // delay is the number of milliseconds for the graceful close to finish
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ closeWithGrace({ delay: parseInt(process.env.FASTIFY_CLOSE_GRACE_DELAY) || 500 }
   await app.close()
 } as closeWithGrace.CloseWithGraceAsyncCallback)
 
-// Start listening.
+// Start listening
 app.listen({ port: parseInt(process.env.PORT) || 3000 }, (err: any) => {
   if (err) {
     app.log.error(err)
diff --git a/templates/eject/server.js b/templates/eject/server.js
index 23e139d1..7593eb9d 100644
--- a/templates/eject/server.js
+++ b/templates/eject/server.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-// Read the .env file.
+// Read and load environment variables from .env files (ignore if not present)
 try {
   process.loadEnvFile()
 } catch {}
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const app = Fastify({
   logger: true
 })
 
-// Register your application as a normal plugin.
+// Register your application as a normal plugin
 const appService = require('./app.js')
 app.register(appService)
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ closeWithGrace({ delay: process.env.FASTIFY_CLOSE_GRACE_DELAY || 500 }, async fu
   await app.close()
 })
 
-// Start listening.
+// Start listening
 app.listen({ port: process.env.PORT || 3000 }, (err) => {
   if (err) {
     app.log.error(err)