diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/LogFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/LogFactory.java
index 030bb10..c169906 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/LogFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/LogFactory.java
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ public abstract class LogFactory {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return the thread context class loader if available; otherwise return null.
+     * Gets the thread context class loader if available; otherwise return null.
      * <p>
      * Most/all code should call getContextClassLoaderInternal rather than
      * calling this method directly.
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ public abstract class LogFactory {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return a new instance of the specified {@code LogFactory} implementation class, loaded by the specified class loader. If that fails, try the class loader
+     * Gets a new instance of the specified {@code LogFactory} implementation class, loaded by the specified class loader. If that fails, try the class loader
      * used to load this (abstract) LogFactory.
      * <p>
      * <b>ClassLoader conflicts</b>
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ public abstract class LogFactory {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return the configuration attribute with the specified name (if any),
+     * Gets the configuration attribute with the specified name (if any),
      * or {@code null} if there is no such attribute.
      *
      * @param name Name of the attribute to return
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk13LumberjackLogger.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk13LumberjackLogger.java
index 903cb84..f4ecb50 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk13LumberjackLogger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk13LumberjackLogger.java
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public class Jdk13LumberjackLogger implements Log, Serializable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return the native Logger instance we are using.
+     * Gets the native Logger instance we are using.
      *
      * @return the native Logger instance we are using.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk14Logger.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk14Logger.java
index 2dffe20..83332ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk14Logger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk14Logger.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public class Jdk14Logger implements Log, Serializable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return the native Logger instance we are using.
+     * Gets the native Logger instance we are using.
      *
      * @return  the native Logger instance we are using.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/LogFactoryImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/LogFactoryImpl.java
index 297a824..2d88abd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/LogFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/LogFactoryImpl.java
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ public class LogFactoryImpl extends LogFactory {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return the configuration attribute with the specified name (if any),
+     * Gets the configuration attribute with the specified name (if any),
      * or {@code null} if there is no such attribute.
      *
      * @param name Name of the attribute to return
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ public class LogFactoryImpl extends LogFactory {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return an array containing the names of all currently defined
+     * Gets an array containing the names of all currently defined
      * configuration attributes.  If there are no such attributes, a zero
      * length array is returned.
      */
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ public class LogFactoryImpl extends LogFactory {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return the class loader from which we should try to load the logging
+     * Gets the class loader from which we should try to load the logging
      * adapter classes.
      * <p>
      * This method usually returns the context class loader. However if it
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ public class LogFactoryImpl extends LogFactory {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return the fully qualified Java class name of the {@link Log} implementation we will be using.
+     * Gets the fully qualified Java class name of the {@link Log} implementation we will be using.
      *
      * @return the fully qualified Java class name of the {@link Log} implementation we will be using.
      * @deprecated Never invoked by this class; subclasses should not assume it will be.
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ public class LogFactoryImpl extends LogFactory {
 
     /**
      * <p>
-     * Return the {@code Constructor} that can be called to instantiate new {@link org.apache.commons.logging.Log} instances.
+     * Gets the {@code Constructor} that can be called to instantiate new {@link org.apache.commons.logging.Log} instances.
      * </p>
      *
      * <p>