diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f27289f..3d519f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ progress - Coreutils Progress Viewer [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/Xfen
 What is it
 ----------
 
-This tool can be described as a **Tiny**, Dirty C command
+This tool can be described as a **tiny**, dirty C command
 that looks for coreutils basic commands (cp, mv, dd, tar, gzip/gunzip,
 cat, etc.) currently running on your system and displays the
 **percentage** of copied data. It can also show **estimated time** and **throughput**,
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ On deb-based systems (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, etc.) run:
 
     apt install progress
 
-On archlinux, run:
+On Arch Linux, run:
 
     pacman -S progress
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ How do you build it from source
 
 On FreeBSD, substitute `make` with `gmake`.
 
-It depends on library ncurses, you may have to install corresponding packages (may be something like 'libncurses5-dev', 'libncursesw6' or 'ncurses-devel').
+It depends on the library ncurses, you may have to install corresponding packages (maybe something like 'libncurses5-dev', 'libncursesw6' or 'ncurses-devel').
 
 How do you run it
 -----------------
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ A few examples. You can:
 
         watch progress -wc firefox
 
-* look at your Web server activity:
+* look at your web server activity:
 
         progress -c httpd
 
@@ -90,4 +90,4 @@ It simply scans `/proc` for interesting commands, and then looks at
 directories `fd` and `fdinfo` to find opened files and seek positions,
 and reports status for the largest file.
 
-It's very light, and compatible with virtually any command.
+It's very light and compatible with virtually any command.