Fiddle with wording per YongKang review

Colin Robertson · Colin Robertson · commit c4b91a3721d9 · 2019-04-09T19:32:12.000-07:00
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/tool-errors/linker-tools-warning-lnk4049.md b/docs/error-messages/tool-errors/linker-tools-warning-lnk4049.md
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ ms.assetid: 5fd5fb24-c860-4149-a557-0ac26a65d97c
 
 The symbol was both exported from and imported to the program.
 
-This warning is generated by the linker when you declare a symbol by using the `__declspec(dllexport)` storage-class attribute in one object file and reference it by using the `__declspec(dllimport)` attribute in another.
+This warning is generated by the linker when you define a symbol in one object file and reference it by using the `__declspec(dllimport)` declaration modifier in another.
 
-Warning LNK4049 is a more general version of [Linker Tools Warning LNK4217](linker-tools-warning-lnk4217.md). The linker generates Warning LNK4049 when it can't determine which function or object file referenced the imported symbol.
+Warning LNK4049 is a more general version of [Linker Tools Warning LNK4217](linker-tools-warning-lnk4217.md). The linker generates warning LNK4049 when it can't determine which function or object file referenced the imported symbol.
 
 The common cases where LNK4049 is generated instead of LNK4217 are:
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ To resolve LNK4049, try one of the following procedures:
 
 - Remove the `__declspec(dllimport)` modifier from the forward declaration of the symbol that triggered LNK4049. You can search for symbols within a binary image by using the **DUMPBIN** utility. The **DUMPBIN /SYMBOLS** switch displays the COFF symbol table of the image. For more information on the **DUMPBIN** utility, see [DUMPBIN Reference](../../build/reference/dumpbin-reference.md).
 
-- Temporarily disable incremental linking and whole-program optimization. When recompiled, the application generates Warning LNK4217, which includes the name of the function which references the imported symbol. Remove the `__declspec(dllimport)` declaration from the imported symbol and re-enable incremental linking or whole-program optimization as required.
+- Temporarily disable incremental linking and whole-program optimization. When recompiled, the application generates Warning LNK4217, which includes the name of the function which references the imported symbol. Remove the `__declspec(dllimport)` declaration modifier from the imported symbol and re-enable incremental linking or whole-program optimization as required.
 
 Although the final generated code behaves correctly, the code generated to call the imported function is less efficient than calling the function directly. This warning doesn't appear when you compile by using the [/clr](../../build/reference/clr-common-language-runtime-compilation.md) option.
 
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/tool-errors/linker-tools-warning-lnk4217.md b/docs/error-messages/tool-errors/linker-tools-warning-lnk4217.md
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ ms.assetid: 280dc03e-5933-4e8d-bb8c-891fbe788738
 
 > symbol '*symbol*' defined in '*filename_1.obj*' is imported by '*filename_2.obj*' in function '*function*'
 
-[__declspec(dllimport)](../../cpp/dllexport-dllimport.md) was specified for a symbol even though the symbol is defined locally. Remove the `__declspec` modifier to resolve this warning.
+[__declspec(dllimport)](../../cpp/dllexport-dllimport.md) was specified for a symbol even though the symbol is defined in an object file in the same image. Remove the `__declspec(dllimport)` modifier to resolve this warning.
 
-`symbol` is the symbol name that's defined within the image. `function` is the function that's importing the symbol.
+*symbol* is the symbol name that's defined within the image. *function* is the function that's importing the symbol.
 
 This warning doesn't appear when you compile by using the [/clr](../../build/reference/clr-common-language-runtime-compilation.md) option.
 
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/tool-errors/linker-tools-warning-lnk4286.md b/docs/error-messages/tool-errors/linker-tools-warning-lnk4286.md
@@ -8,15 +8,13 @@ helpviewer_keywords: ["LNK4286"]
 
 > symbol '*symbol*' defined in '*filename_1.obj*' is imported by '*filename_2.obj*'
 
-The symbol was both exported from and imported to the program.
+[__declspec(dllimport)](../../cpp/dllexport-dllimport.md) was specified for *symbol* even though the symbol is defined in object file *filename_1.obj* in the same image. Remove the `__declspec(dllimport)` modifier to resolve this warning.
 
 ## Remarks
 
-This warning is generated by the linker when you declare a symbol by using the `__declspec(dllexport)` storage-class attribute in one object file, and reference it by using the `__declspec(dllimport)` attribute in another, in the same module.
-
 Warning LNK4286 is a more general version of [Linker Tools Warning LNK4217](linker-tools-warning-lnk4217.md). The linker generates Warning LNK4286 when it can tell which object file referenced the symbol, but not which function.
 
-To resolve LNK4286, remove the `__declspec(dllimport)` name declaration from the forward declaration of the symbol that triggered LNK4286.
+To resolve LNK4286, remove the `__declspec(dllimport)` declaration modifier from the forward declaration of *symbol* referenced in *filename_2.obj*.
 
 Although the final generated code behaves correctly, the code generated to call an imported function is less efficient than calling the function directly. This warning doesn't appear when you compile by using the [/clr](../../build/reference/clr-common-language-runtime-compilation.md) option.
 
