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-rw-r--r--doc/man/sphinx-quickstart.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/templating.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/usage/advanced/intl.rst4
-rw-r--r--doc/usage/configuration.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst8
5 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man/sphinx-quickstart.rst b/doc/man/sphinx-quickstart.rst
index 7da16ed1e..2407e3be7 100644
--- a/doc/man/sphinx-quickstart.rst
+++ b/doc/man/sphinx-quickstart.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Options
.. option:: -q, --quiet
- Quiet mode that will skip interactive wizard to specify options.
+ Quiet mode that skips the interactive wizard for specifying options.
This option requires `-p`, `-a` and `-v` options.
.. option:: -h, --help, --version
diff --git a/doc/templating.rst b/doc/templating.rst
index 0e3815c29..548f8b8d9 100644
--- a/doc/templating.rst
+++ b/doc/templating.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Templating
==========
Sphinx uses the `Jinja <http://jinja.pocoo.org>`_ templating engine for its HTML
-templates. Jinja is a text-based engine, and inspired by Django templates, so
+templates. Jinja is a text-based engine, inspired by Django templates, so
anyone having used Django will already be familiar with it. It also has
excellent documentation for those who need to make themselves familiar with it.
diff --git a/doc/usage/advanced/intl.rst b/doc/usage/advanced/intl.rst
index fb4f289b4..67d5e10e5 100644
--- a/doc/usage/advanced/intl.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/advanced/intl.rst
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Internationalization
.. versionadded:: 1.1
Complementary to translations provided for Sphinx-generated messages such as
-navigation bars, Sphinx provides mechanisms facilitating *document* translations
-in itself. See the :ref:`intl-options` for details on configuration.
+navigation bars, Sphinx provides mechanisms facilitating the translation of
+*documents*. See the :ref:`intl-options` for details on configuration.
.. figure:: /_static/translation.*
:width: 100%
diff --git a/doc/usage/configuration.rst b/doc/usage/configuration.rst
index 550b26e2d..add78326b 100644
--- a/doc/usage/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/configuration.rst
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ that use Sphinx's HTMLWriter class.
.. confval:: html_short_title
- A shorter "title" for the HTML docs. This is used in for links in the
+ A shorter "title" for the HTML docs. This is used for links in the
header and in the HTML Help docs. If not given, it defaults to the value of
:confval:`html_title`.
diff --git a/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst b/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst
index fcdbc3f16..e94106148 100644
--- a/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ tables of contents. The ``toctree`` directive is the central element.
**Additional options**
- You can use ``caption`` option to provide a toctree caption and you can use
- ``name`` option to provide implicit target name that can be referenced by
- using :rst:role:`ref`::
+ You can use the ``caption`` option to provide a toctree caption and you can
+ use the ``name`` option to provide an implicit target name that can be
+ referenced by using :rst:role:`ref`::
.. toctree::
:caption: Table of Contents
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ The special document names (and pages generated for them) are:
* every name beginning with ``_``
- Though only few such names are currently used by Sphinx, you should not
+ Though few such names are currently used by Sphinx, you should not
create documents or document-containing directories with such names. (Using
``_`` as a prefix for a custom template directory is fine.)