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@@ -109,34 +109,35 @@ The CESM2 components can be combined in numerous ways to carry out
 various scientific or software experiments. A particular mix of
 components, *along with* component-specific configuration and/or
 namelist settings is called a `component set or compset
-<http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/models/cesm2/cesm/compsets.html>`_.  CESM
-has a shorthand naming convention for component sets that are
-supported out-of-the-box.
-
-The compset name usually has a well defined first letter followed by
-some characters that are indicative of the configuration setup. Each
-compset name has a corresponding short name. 
-
-The first letter generally indicates which of the components are fully
-active (prognostic), which are data components, and which are completely
-absent (or stub). For the most part, this first letter refers only to
-the atmosphere (atm), land (lnd), sea ice (ice) and ocean (ocn)
-components. The type of component used for river (rof), land ice (glc)
-and ocean wave (wav) is either specified in some other way in the alias
-or is not specified explicitly. For example, an evolving land ice (glc)
-model is denoted by a capital G near the end of the compset alias (e.g.,
-B1850G is similar to B1850 but with an evolving Greenland ice sheet). In
-some cases, the distinction between prognostic and data components is
-not clear-cut -- for example, when using a data ocean model in slab
-ocean model (SOM) mode, or when using a prognostic sea ice model (CICE)
-in prescribed mode.
+<http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/models/cesm2/cesm/compsets.html>`_. CESM has a
+shorthand naming convention (known as an alias) for component sets that
+are supported out-of-the-box. The compset alias usually has a
+well-defined first letter followed by some characters that are
+indicative of the configuration setup.
+
+The first letter in a compset alias generally indicates which of the
+components are fully active (prognostic), which are data components, and
+which are completely absent (or stub). For the most part, this first
+letter refers only to the atmosphere (atm), land (lnd), sea ice (ice)
+and ocean (ocn) components. The type of component used for river (rof),
+land ice (glc) and ocean wave (wav) is either specified in some other
+way in the alias or is not specified explicitly. For example, an
+evolving land ice (glc) model is denoted by a capital G near the end of
+the compset alias (e.g., B1850G is similar to B1850 but with an evolving
+Greenland ice sheet). In some cases, the distinction between prognostic
+and data components is not clear-cut -- for example, when using a data
+ocean model in slab ocean model (SOM) mode, or when using a prognostic
+sea ice model (CICE) in prescribed mode.
+
+The following table summarizes these first-letter designations in
+compset aliases:
 
 .. table::
 
     +-------------+--------------------+-----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
     | Designation | Active Components  | Data Components | Notes                                                                                                        |
     +=============+====================+=================+==============================================================================================================+
-    | A           | --                 | VARIES          | All data components (exact set of data components differs for different compsets); used for software testing |
+    | A           | --                 | various         | All data components (exact set of data components differs for different compsets); used for software testing |
     +-------------+--------------------+-----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
     | B           | atm, lnd, ice, ocn | --              | Fully active components                                                                                      |
     +-------------+--------------------+-----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ in prescribed mode.
     +-------------+--------------------+-----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
     | Q           | atm                | ocn             | Aquaplanet compsets                                                                                          |
     +-------------+--------------------+-----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-    | S           | --                 | --              | Driver only; used for software testing                                                                       |
+    | S           | --                 | --              | No components present; used for software testing                                                             |
     +-------------+--------------------+-----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
     | T           | glc                | lnd             | \                                                                                                            |
     +-------------+--------------------+-----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+