diff --git a/examples/multipro/echo.go b/examples/multipro/echo.go
index 95b2d98d61f98582a30cf793f45bb38d3b3965d0..5392e8e9fe29acdd4db83f6d7b825915fcade3b8 100644
--- a/examples/multipro/echo.go
+++ b/examples/multipro/echo.go
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import (
 	inet "gx/ipfs/QmbD5yKbXahNvoMqzeuNyKQA9vAs9fUvJg2GXeWU1fVqY5/go-libp2p-net"
 
 	uuid "github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/thirdparty/assert"
 	p2p "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/examples/multipro/pb"
 	protobufCodec "github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec/protobuf"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/thirdparty/assert"
 )
 
 // pattern: /protocol-name/request-or-response-message/version
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const echoResponse = "/echo/echoresp/0.0.1"
 
 type EchoProtocol struct {
 	host     host.Host                   // local host
-	requests map[string] *p2p.EchoRequest // used to access request data from response handlers
+	requests map[string]*p2p.EchoRequest // used to access request data from response handlers
 	done     chan bool                   // only for demo purposes to hold main from terminating
 }
 
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ func NewEchoProtocol(host host.Host, done chan bool) *EchoProtocol {
 
 // remote peer requests handler
 func (e *EchoProtocol) onEchoRequest(s inet.Stream) {
-
 	// get request data
 	data := &p2p.EchoRequest{}
 	decoder := protobufCodec.Multicodec(nil).Decoder(bufio.NewReader(s))
diff --git a/examples/multipro/main.go b/examples/multipro/main.go
index b729c2048f28dd1754a87658bfd54e218ed08c28..d3ded936304ab42be9531180ea79d12691f94f82 100644
--- a/examples/multipro/main.go
+++ b/examples/multipro/main.go
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ func main() {
 	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
 		<-done
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/examples/multipro/node.go b/examples/multipro/node.go
index 0f0d48ff8725c396c9159e9ceb1f9e1c6238bc91..c35e30d6234682dfbd8edca6b971efe898fc9b6c 100644
--- a/examples/multipro/node.go
+++ b/examples/multipro/node.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 const clientVersion = "go-p2p-node/0.0.1"
 
 // helper method - writes a protobuf go data object to a network stream
-// data - address of protobuf go data object to send
+// data - reference of protobuf go data object to send (not the object itself)
 // s - network stream to write the data to
 func sendDataObject(data interface{}, s inet.Stream) bool {
 	writer := bufio.NewWriter(s)
@@ -35,12 +35,11 @@ func sendDataObject(data interface{}, s inet.Stream) bool {
 // nodeId - message author id
 // messageId - unique for requests, copied from request for responses
 func NewMessageData(nodeId string, messageId string, gossip bool) *p2p.MessageData {
-	return &p2p.MessageData{
-		ClientVersion: clientVersion,
-		NodeId:        nodeId,
-		Timestamp:     time.Now().Unix(),
-		Id:            messageId,
-		Gossip:        gossip}
+	return &p2p.MessageData{ClientVersion: clientVersion,
+		NodeId:    nodeId,
+		Timestamp: time.Now().Unix(),
+		Id:        messageId,
+		Gossip:    gossip}
 }
 
 // Node type - implements one or more p2p protocols
@@ -50,9 +49,9 @@ type Node struct {
 	echoProtocol *EchoProtocol // echp protocl imp
 }
 
-// create a new node with its supported protocols
+// create a new node with its implemented protocols
 func NewNode(host host.Host, done chan bool) *Node {
 	return &Node{host: host,
-	pingProtocol: NewPingProtocol(host, done),
-	echoProtocol: NewEchoProtocol(host, done)}
+		pingProtocol: NewPingProtocol(host, done),
+		echoProtocol: NewEchoProtocol(host, done)}
 }
diff --git a/examples/multipro/ping.go b/examples/multipro/ping.go
index ca0020e9f6d2d1661bf797f554bae0d14f3cf288..357873b9359f850819ddd789fcde834efa6d2b86 100644
--- a/examples/multipro/ping.go
+++ b/examples/multipro/ping.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const pingResponse = "/ping/pingresp/0.0.1"
 type PingProtocol struct {
 	host     host.Host                   // local host
 	requests map[string]*p2p.PingRequest // used to access request data from response handlers
-	done     chan bool                   // only for demo purposes to hold main from terminating
+	done     chan bool                   // only for demo purposes to stop main from terminating
 }
 
 func NewPingProtocol(host host.Host, done chan bool) *PingProtocol {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (p *PingProtocol) Ping(node *Node) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	// store request so response handler has access to it
+	// store ref request so response handler has access to it
 	p.requests[req.MessageData.Id] = req
 	log.Printf("%s: Ping to: %s was sent. Message Id: %s, Message: %s", p.host.ID(), node.host.ID(), req.MessageData.Id, req.Message)
 	return true