diff --git a/docs/assets/css/src/docs.css b/docs/assets/css/src/docs.css
index c6660c747ac33e8022bfed3e73c6e05b1102a871..f228255ef3519f26cc64138ba0f94247ffd1b08e 100644
--- a/docs/assets/css/src/docs.css
+++ b/docs/assets/css/src/docs.css
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ h1[id] {
   border-color: rgb(204,204,204); /* Restate unfocused value to make CSSLint happy that there's a pre-CSS3 fallback*/
   border-color: rgba(82,168,236,.8);
   outline: 0;
-  outline: thin dotted \9; /* IE6-9 */
+  outline: thin dotted \9; /* IE9 */
   -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(82,168,236,.6);
           box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(82,168,236,.6);
 }
diff --git a/docs/components/images.md b/docs/components/images.md
index 200459d17bcfe97d887a43d713fb632f05868c1d..713023a9012c6aa4822234473896b3ab9ac51828 100644
--- a/docs/components/images.md
+++ b/docs/components/images.md
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ Images in Bootstrap 3 can be made responsive-friendly via the addition of the `.
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-warning">
-  <h4>SVG images and IE 8-10</h4>
-  <p>In Internet Explorer 8-10, SVG images with <code>.img-responsive</code> are disproportionately sized. To fix this, add <code>width: 100% \9;</code> where necessary. Bootstrap doesn't apply this automatically as it causes complications to other image formats.</p>
+  <h4>SVG images and IE 9-10</h4>
+  <p>In Internet Explorer 9-10, SVG images with <code>.img-responsive</code> are disproportionately sized. To fix this, add <code>width: 100% \9;</code> where necessary. Bootstrap doesn't apply this automatically as it causes complications to other image formats.</p>
 </div>
 
 ## Image shapes
diff --git a/docs/examples/justified-nav/justified-nav.css b/docs/examples/justified-nav/justified-nav.css
index f8fcf5d134ba331c051222dcb3b7eefa35d30e03..5bc24ec33f476180623ad2db3428bee147884436 100644
--- a/docs/examples/justified-nav/justified-nav.css
+++ b/docs/examples/justified-nav/justified-nav.css
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ body {
   background-image:      -o-linear-gradient(top, #f5f5f5 0%, #e5e5e5 100%);
   background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(top), color-stop(0%, #f5f5f5), to(#e5e5e5));
   background-image:         linear-gradient(top, #f5f5f5 0%, #e5e5e5 100%);
-  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#f5f5f5', endColorstr='#e5e5e5',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
+  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#f5f5f5', endColorstr='#e5e5e5',GradientType=0 ); /* IE9 */
   background-repeat: repeat-x; /* Repeat the gradient */
   border-bottom: 1px solid #d5d5d5;
 }
diff --git a/js/tooltip.js b/js/tooltip.js
index cda147d9c701d42c5cd55105a2a7639ef32d0029..bd376f77279be72aebc6685783a697ac033cd46b 100644
--- a/js/tooltip.js
+++ b/js/tooltip.js
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     var marginTop = parseInt($tip.css('margin-top'), 10)
     var marginLeft = parseInt($tip.css('margin-left'), 10)
 
-    // we must check for NaN for ie 8/9
+    // we must check for NaN for IE9
     if (isNaN(marginTop))  marginTop  = 0
     if (isNaN(marginLeft)) marginLeft = 0
 
diff --git a/scss/mixins/_gradients.scss b/scss/mixins/_gradients.scss
index 9eb31e3ba0baf08c5d2829fef8483983cb912963..c57eddca4e2028bfcb1f77ec7fabe343868e54fe 100644
--- a/scss/mixins/_gradients.scss
+++ b/scss/mixins/_gradients.scss
@@ -3,21 +3,21 @@
 // Horizontal gradient, from left to right
 //
 // Creates two color stops, start and end, by specifying a color and position for each color stop.
-// Color stops are not available in IE9 and below.
+// Color stops are not available in IE9.
 @mixin gradient-horizontal($start-color: #555, $end-color: #333, $start-percent: 0%, $end-percent: 100%) {
   background-image: linear-gradient(to right, $start-color $start-percent, $end-color $end-percent);
   background-repeat: repeat-x;
-  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($start-color)}', endColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($end-color)}', GradientType=1); // IE9 and down
+  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($start-color)}', endColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($end-color)}', GradientType=1); // IE9
 }
 
 // Vertical gradient, from top to bottom
 //
 // Creates two color stops, start and end, by specifying a color and position for each color stop.
-// Color stops are not available in IE9 and below.
+// Color stops are not available in IE9.
 @mixin gradient-vertical($start-color: #555, $end-color: #333, $start-percent: 0%, $end-percent: 100%) {
   background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, $start-color $start-percent, $end-color $end-percent);
   background-repeat: repeat-x;
-  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($start-color)}', endColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($end-color)}', GradientType=0); // IE9 and down
+  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($start-color)}', endColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($end-color)}', GradientType=0); // IE9
 }
 
 @mixin gradient-directional($start-color: #555, $end-color: #333, $deg: 45deg) {
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 @mixin gradient-horizontal-three-colors($start-color: #00b3ee, $mid-color: #7a43b6, $color-stop: 50%, $end-color: #c3325f) {
   background-image: linear-gradient(to right, $start-color, $mid-color $color-stop, $end-color);
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
-  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($start-color)}', endColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($end-color)}', GradientType=1); // IE9 and down, gets no color-stop at all for proper fallback
+  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($start-color)}', endColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($end-color)}', GradientType=1); // IE9 gets no color-stop at all for proper fallback
 }
 @mixin gradient-vertical-three-colors($start-color: #00b3ee, $mid-color: #7a43b6, $color-stop: 50%, $end-color: #c3325f) {
   background-image: linear-gradient($start-color, $mid-color $color-stop, $end-color);
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
-  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($start-color)}', endColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($end-color)}', GradientType=0); // IE9 and down, gets no color-stop at all for proper fallback
+  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($start-color)}', endColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($end-color)}', GradientType=0); // IE9 gets no color-stop at all for proper fallback
 }
 @mixin gradient-radial($inner-color: #555, $outer-color: #333) {
   background-image: radial-gradient(circle, $inner-color, $outer-color);
diff --git a/scss/mixins/_reset-filter.scss b/scss/mixins/_reset-filter.scss
index a7c7f22c59276ac14166497d7ae4c355a62ae23b..044b349c0ca02d230791c1480587036c0f8d340b 100644
--- a/scss/mixins/_reset-filter.scss
+++ b/scss/mixins/_reset-filter.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Reset filters for IE
 //
 // When you need to remove a gradient background, do not forget to use this to reset
-// the IE filter for IE9 and below.
+// the IE filter for IE9.
 
 @mixin reset-filter() {
   filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(enabled = false)";