diff --git a/app.cfg.example b/app.cfg.example
index 9a4de158..59a6dc50 100644
--- a/app.cfg.example
+++ b/app.cfg.example
@@ -139,13 +139,13 @@ poll_interval = 60
 # full path to the command for manipulating existing jobs
 scontrol_command = /usr/bin/scontrol
 
-# variable 'comment' under 'submitted_job_comments' should not be changed as there are regular expression patterns matching it
+# variable 'initial_comment' under 'submitted_job_comments' should not be changed as the bot's code uses regular expression pattern to identify a matching comment
 [submitted_job_comments]
 initial_comment = New job on instance `{app_name}` for architecture `{arch_name}` for repository `{repo_id}` in job dir `{symlink}` 
 awaits_release = job id `{job_id}` awaits release by job manager 
 
 [new_job_comments]
-awaits_lauch = job awaits launch by Slurm scheduler 
+awaits_launch = job awaits launch by Slurm scheduler 
 
 [running_job_comments]
 running_job = job `{job_id}` is running 
diff --git a/eessi_bot_job_manager.py b/eessi_bot_job_manager.py
index 940162f0..a9126c21 100644
--- a/eessi_bot_job_manager.py
+++ b/eessi_bot_job_manager.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 from pyghee.utils import log, error
 
-AWAITS_LAUCH = "awaits_lauch"
+AWAITS_LAUNCH = "awaits_launch"
 FAILURE = "failure"
 FINISHED_JOB_COMMENTS = "finished_job_comments"
 NEW_JOB_COMMENTS = "new_job_comments"
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 SUCCESS = "success"
 
 REQUIRED_CONFIG = {
-    NEW_JOB_COMMENTS: [AWAITS_LAUCH],
+    NEW_JOB_COMMENTS: [AWAITS_LAUNCH],
     RUNNING_JOB_COMMENTS: [RUNNING_JOB],
     FINISHED_JOB_COMMENTS: [SUCCESS, FAILURE, NO_SLURM_OUT, SLURM_OUT, MISSING_MODULES,
                             NO_TARBALL_MESSAGE, NO_MATCHING_TARBALL, MULTIPLE_TARBALLS]
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ def process_new_job(self, new_job):
                 new_job_comments_cfg = config.read_config()[NEW_JOB_COMMENTS]
                 dt = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                 update = "\n|%s|released|" % dt.strftime("%b %d %X %Z %Y")
-                update += f"{new_job_comments_cfg[AWAITS_LAUCH]}|"
+                update += f"{new_job_comments_cfg[AWAITS_LAUNCH]}|"
                 update_comment(new_job["comment_id"], pr, update)
             else:
                 log(