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diff --git a/src/mailman/config/schema.cfg b/src/mailman/config/schema.cfg
index 1520c4726..b0e7d52d9 100644
--- a/src/mailman/config/schema.cfg
+++ b/src/mailman/config/schema.cfg
@@ -306,11 +306,10 @@ delivery_retry_period: 5d
#
# http://cr.yp.to/proto/verp.txt
#
-# This involves encoding the address of the recipient as we (Mailman) know it
-# into the envelope sender address (i.e. the SMTP `MAIL FROM:' address).
-# Thus, no matter what kind of forwarding the recipient has in place, should
-# it eventually bounce, we will receive an unambiguous notice of the bouncing
-# address.
+# This involves encoding the address of the recipient as Mailman knows it into
+# the envelope sender address (i.e. RFC 5321 MAIL FROM). Thus, no matter what
+# kind of forwarding the recipient has in place, should it eventually bounce,
+# we will receive an unambiguous notice of the bouncing address.
#
# However, we're technically only "VERP-like" because we're doing the envelope
# sender encoding in Mailman, not in the MTA. We do require cooperation from
@@ -318,11 +317,11 @@ delivery_retry_period: 5d
# semantics.
#
# The first variable describes how to encode VERP envelopes. It must contain
-# these three string interpolations:
+# these three string interpolations, which get filled in by Mailman:
#
-# $bounces -- the list-bounces mailbox will be set here
-# $mailbox -- the recipient's mailbox will be set here
-# $host -- the recipient's host name will be set here
+# $bounces -- the list's -bounces robot address will be set here
+# $local -- the recipient address's local mailbox part will be set here
+# $domain -- the recipient address's domain name will be set here
#
# This example uses the default below.
#
@@ -334,7 +333,7 @@ delivery_retry_period: 5d
# Note that your MTA /must/ be configured to deliver such an addressed message
# to mylist-bounces!
verp_delimiter: +
-verp_format: ${bounces}+${mailbox}=${host}
+verp_format: ${bounces}+${local}=${domain}
# For nicer confirmation emails, use a VERP-like format which encodes the
# confirmation cookie in the reply address. This lets us put a more user