diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 4a22167b2..139ec0ace 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ config :pleroma, Pleroma.Uploaders.MDII,
 config :pleroma, :emoji,
   shortcode_globs: ["/emoji/custom/**/*.png"],
   groups: [
-    # Place here groups, which have more priority on defaults. Example in `docs/config/custom_emoji.md`
+    # Put groups that have higher priority than defaults here. Example in `docs/config/custom_emoji.md`
     Finmoji: "/finmoji/128px/*-128.png",
     Custom: ["/emoji/*.png", "/emoji/custom/*.png"]
   ]
diff --git a/docs/config/custom_emoji.md b/docs/config/custom_emoji.md
index d37220a72..49a451fcc 100644
--- a/docs/config/custom_emoji.md
+++ b/docs/config/custom_emoji.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ config :pleroma, :emoji,
   ]
 ```
 
-Order of the `groups` matters, so to override default tags just put your group on the top of the list. E.g:
+Order of the `groups` matters, so to override default tags just put your group on top of the list. E.g:
 ```
 config :pleroma, :emoji,
   shortcode_globs: ["/emoji/custom/**/*.png"],
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ config :pleroma, :emoji,
   ]
 ```
 
-Priority of tag assign in emoji.txt and custom.txt:
+Priority of tags assigns in emoji.txt and custom.txt:
 
 `tag in file > special group setting in config.exs > default setting in config.exs`
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/emoji.ex b/lib/pleroma/emoji.ex
index b60d19e89..7a60f3961 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/emoji.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/emoji.ex
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Emoji do
   use GenServer
 
   @type pattern :: Regex.t() | module() | String.t()
-  @type patterns :: pattern | [pattern]
-  @type group_patterns :: keyword(patterns)
+  @type patterns :: pattern() | [pattern()]
+  @type group_patterns :: keyword(patterns())
 
   @ets __MODULE__.Ets
   @ets_options [:ordered_set, :protected, :named_table, {:read_concurrency, true}]
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Emoji do
 
   defp load do
     finmoji_enabled = Keyword.get(Application.get_env(:pleroma, :instance), :finmoji_enabled)
-    shortcode_globs = Keyword.get(Application.get_env(:pleroma, :emoji, []), :shortcode_globs, [])
+    shortcode_globs = Application.get_env(:pleroma, :emoji)[:shortcode_globs] || []
 
     emojis =
       (load_finmoji(finmoji_enabled) ++