diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes.nix b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes.nix
index a7f4ec7b008..86b8817c28c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes.nix
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ in {
     };
 
     kube2sky = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable kube2sky dns service.";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "kube2sky dns service";
 
       domain = mkOption  {
         description = "Kuberntes kube2sky domain under which all DNS names will be hosted.";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/confd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/confd.nix
index 7094bb46089..98738b6497b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/confd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/confd.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ let
 
 in {
   options.services.confd = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable confd service.";
+    enable = mkEnableOption "confd service";
 
     backend = mkOption {
       description = "Confd config storage backend to use.";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix
index f5f0a8c1816..de8bc71a271 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ in
 {
   options = {
     services.plex = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Enable Plex Media Server";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "Plex Media Server";
 
       # FIXME: In order for this config option to work, symlinks in the Plex
       # package in the Nix store have to be changed to point to this directory.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/ripple-data-api.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/ripple-data-api.nix
index 3b281449a25..dbca56b1333 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/ripple-data-api.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/ripple-data-api.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ let
 in {
   options = {
     services.rippleDataApi = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable ripple data api.";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "ripple data api";
 
       port = mkOption {
         description = "Ripple data api port";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/ripple-rest.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/ripple-rest.nix
index dc07ee132fa..49520f68a50 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/ripple-rest.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/ripple-rest.nix
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ let
 
 in {
   options.services.rippleRest = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable ripple rest.";
+    enable = mkEnableOption "ripple rest";
 
-    debug = mkEnableOption "Wheter to enable debug for ripple-rest.";
+    debug = mkEnableOption "debug for ripple-rest";
 
     host = mkOption {
       description = "Ripple rest host.";
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ in {
     };
 
     ssl = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable ssl.";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "ssl";
 
       keyPath = mkOption {
         description = "Path to the ripple rest key file.";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/rippled.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/rippled.nix
index 045330eb551..d940c1bc900 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/rippled.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/rippled.nix
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ in
 
   options = {
     services.rippled = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable rippled";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "rippled";
 
       package = mkOption {
 	description = "Which rippled package to use.";
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ in
       };
 
       statsd = {
-        enable = mkEnableOption "Whether enable statsd monitoring for rippled";
+        enable = mkEnableOption "statsd monitoring for rippled";
 
         address = mkOption {
           description = "The UDP address and port of the listening StatsD server.";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/das_watchdog.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/das_watchdog.nix
index 785b4289dff..6e2653836d5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/das_watchdog.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/das_watchdog.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ in {
   ###### interface
 
   options = {
-    services.das_watchdog.enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable realtime watchdog";
+    services.das_watchdog.enable = mkEnableOption "realtime watchdog";
   };
 
   ###### implementation
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/grafana.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/grafana.nix
index ef0cc68a535..6a1799dedc8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/grafana.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/grafana.nix
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ let
 
 in {
   options.services.grafana = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable grafana.";
+    enable = mkEnableOption "grafana";
 
     protocol = mkOption {
       description = "Which protocol to listen.";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix
index fb30daba1dc..ac0fba597a0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ in {
     };
 
     beacon = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable graphite beacon.";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "graphite beacon";
 
       config = mkOption {
         description = "Graphite beacon configuration.";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/consul.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/consul.nix
index 31bae628050..66838735c4d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/consul.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/consul.nix
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ in
       };
 
       alerts = {
-        enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable consul-alerts";
+        enable = mkEnableOption "consul-alerts";
 
         package = mkOption {
           description = "Package to use for consul-alerts.";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/docker-registry-server.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/docker-registry-server.nix
index 093d20ecb16..d21bbb6a86c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/docker-registry-server.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/docker-registry-server.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ let
 
 in {
   options.services.nodeDockerRegistry = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable docker registry service.";
+    enable = mkEnableOption "docker registry service";
 
     port = mkOption {
       description = "Docker registry listening port.";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/racoon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/racoon.nix
index 00986bbbd84..9428d9112a1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/racoon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/racoon.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let
   cfg = config.services.racoon;
 in {
   options.services.racoon = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable racoon.";
+    enable = mkEnableOption "racoon";
 
     config = mkOption {
       description = "Contents of racoon configuration file.";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/skydns.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/skydns.nix
index 2d0129d6310..045e908a3b1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/skydns.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/skydns.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ let
 
 in {
   options.services.skydns = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable skydns service.";
+    enable = mkEnableOption "skydns service";
 
     etcd = {
       machines = mkOption {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix
index 3f19f6a28b2..ac2415a22b5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ let
 in
 {
   options = {
-    services.vmwareGuest.enable = mkEnableOption "Enable VMWare Guest Support";
+    services.vmwareGuest.enable = mkEnableOption "VMWare Guest Support";
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {