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This is a small guide to get started quickly with LTTng kernel and user
-space tracing. For intermediate to advanced use cases and a more
-thorough understanding of LTTng, see [Using LTTng](#doc-using-lttng) and
-[Understanding LTTng](#doc-understanding-lttng).
+space tracing. For a more thorough understanding of LTTng and intermediate
+to advanced use cases and, see [Understanding LTTng](#doc-understanding-lttng)
+and [Using LTTng](#doc-using-lttng).
Before reading this guide, make sure LTTng
-[is installed](#doc-installing-lttng). You need LTTng-tools. Also install
+[is installed](#doc-installing-lttng). LTTng-tools is required. Also install
LTTng-modules for
[tracing the Linux kernel](#doc-tracing-the-linux-kernel) and LTTng-UST
for
[tracing your own user space applications](#doc-tracing-your-own-user-application).
-When your traces are finally written and complete, the
+When the traces are finally written and complete, the
[Viewing and analyzing your traces](#doc-viewing-and-analyzing-your-traces)
section of this chapter will help you analyze your tracepoint events
to investigate.