diff --git a/Sources/Core/AWSClientRuntime/Sources/AWSClientRuntime/Config/AWSDefaultClientConfiguration.swift b/Sources/Core/AWSClientRuntime/Sources/AWSClientRuntime/Config/AWSDefaultClientConfiguration.swift
index dfe2265c87d..f94f82ac728 100644
--- a/Sources/Core/AWSClientRuntime/Sources/AWSClientRuntime/Config/AWSDefaultClientConfiguration.swift
+++ b/Sources/Core/AWSClientRuntime/Sources/AWSClientRuntime/Config/AWSDefaultClientConfiguration.swift
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import SmithyIdentityAPI
 public protocol AWSDefaultClientConfiguration {
     /// The AWS credential identity resolver to be used for AWS credentials.
     ///
-    /// If no resolver is supplied, the SDK will look for credentials in the environment, then in the `~/.aws/credentials` file.
+    /// If no resolver is supplied, `AWSSDKIdentity.DefaultAWSCredentialIdentityResolverChain` gets used by default.
     var awsCredentialIdentityResolver: any AWSCredentialIdentityResolver { get set }
 
     /// Specifies whether FIPS endpoints should be used.
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ public protocol AWSDefaultClientConfiguration {
     /// Specifies whether dual-stack endpoints should be used.
     var useDualStack: Bool? { get set }
 
-    /// An identifying string for the application being used with this SDK.
+    /// An identifying string for the application using the SDK.
     ///
-    /// This value is set after resolving app ID from the standard progression of potential sources.
+    /// The application ID is submitted as part of the `user-agent` request header that allows analyzing SDK usage and troubleshooting.
     ///
-    /// The application ID is submitted as part of the `user-agent` and allows for better tracking and troubleshooting.
-    /// The application ID may also be retrieved from the environment variable `AWS_SDK_UA_APP_ID` or from the
+    /// The application ID may be retrieved from the environment variable `AWS_SDK_UA_APP_ID` or from the
     /// configuration file field `sdk_ua_app_id` if it is not set here.
     var appID: String? { get set }
 
diff --git a/Sources/Core/AWSSDKIdentity/Sources/AWSSDKIdentity/AWSCredentialIdentityResolvers/DefaultAWSCredentialIdentityResolverChain.swift b/Sources/Core/AWSSDKIdentity/Sources/AWSSDKIdentity/AWSCredentialIdentityResolvers/DefaultAWSCredentialIdentityResolverChain.swift
index e6e7123972d..62b13bb0bac 100644
--- a/Sources/Core/AWSSDKIdentity/Sources/AWSSDKIdentity/AWSCredentialIdentityResolvers/DefaultAWSCredentialIdentityResolverChain.swift
+++ b/Sources/Core/AWSSDKIdentity/Sources/AWSSDKIdentity/AWSCredentialIdentityResolvers/DefaultAWSCredentialIdentityResolverChain.swift
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import protocol SmithyIdentity.AWSCredentialIdentityResolvedByCRT
 /// A credential identity resolver that uses the default AWS credential identity resolver chain used by most AWS SDKs.
 /// This is the default resolver when no credential identity resolver is provided by the user.
 ///
-/// The chain resolves the credneital identity in the following order:
+/// The chain resolves the credential identity in the following order:
 /// 1. Environment
 /// 2. Profile
 /// 3. Web Identity Tokens (STS Web Identity)