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@@ -63,16 +63,16 @@ try for students interested in the inner mechanics of their systems.
 
 Readers who do not have a programming background may wish to skip
 everything related to instrumentation, which requires, most of the
-time, some C language skills.
+time, some programming language skills.
 
 <div class="tip">
 <p><span class="t">Note to readers:</span>This is an <strong>open
 documentation</strong>: its source is available in a
 <a class="ext" href="https://github.com/lttng/lttng-docs">public Git
 repository</a>. Should you find any error in the contents of this text,
-any grammatical mistake or any dead link, we would be very grateful if
+any grammatical mistake, or any dead link, we would be very grateful if
 you would fill a GitHub issue for it or, even better, contribute a patch
-to this documentation using a GitHub pull request.</p>
+to this documentation by creating a pull request.</p>
 </div>
 
 ### Chapter descriptions
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ as linear as possible.
      source.
   3. [Getting started](#doc-getting-started) is a very concise guide to
      get started quickly with LTTng kernel and user space tracing. This
-     chapter is recommended if you're new to LTTng or software tracing
+     chapter is recommended if you're new to LTTng or to software tracing
      in general.
   4. [Understanding LTTng](#doc-understanding-lttng) deals with some
      core concepts and components of the LTTng suite. Understanding
@@ -99,15 +99,14 @@ as linear as possible.
   5. [Using LTTng](#doc-using-lttng) is a complete user guide of the
      LTTng project. It shows in great details how to instrument user
      applications and the Linux kernel, how to control tracing sessions
-     using the `lttng` command line tool and miscellaneous practical use
+     using the `lttng` command line tool, and miscellaneous practical use
      cases.
-  6. [Reference](#doc-reference) contains references of LTTng components,
-     like links to online manpages and various APIs.
+  6. [Reference](#doc-reference) contains references of LTTng components.
 
 We recommend that you read the above chapters in this order, although
 some of them may be skipped depending on your situation. You may skip
 [Nuts and bolts](#doc-nuts-and-bolts) if you're familiar with tracing
-and LTTng. Also, you may jump over
+and the LTTng project. Also, you may jump over
 [Installing LTTng](#doc-installing-lttng) if LTTng is already properly
 installed on your target system.