-* A comment status history, so you can easily see which comments were caught or cleared by Akismet, and which were spammed or unspammed by a moderator
-* Links are highlighted in the comment body, to reveal hidden or misleading links
-* If your web host is unable to reach Akismet's servers, the plugin will automatically retry when your connection is back up
-* Moderators can see the number of approved comments for each user
-* Spam and Unspam reports now include more information, to help improve accuracy
+* Automatically checks all comments and filters out the ones that look like spam.
+* Each comment has a status history, so you can easily see which comments were caught or cleared by Akismet and which were spammed or unspammed by a moderator.
+* URLs are shown in the comment body to reveal hidden or misleading links.
+* Moderators can see the number of approved comments for each user.
+* A discard feature that outright blocks the worst spam, saving you disk space and speeding up your site.