diff --git a/docs/src/cdist-best-practice.rst b/docs/src/cdist-best-practice.rst
index 8f4f6df0..fdbb7a80 100644
--- a/docs/src/cdist-best-practice.rst
+++ b/docs/src/cdist-best-practice.rst
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Templating
     }
     EOF
 
-* in the manifest, export the relevant variables and add the following lines in your manifest:
+* in the manifest, export the relevant variables and add the following lines to your manifest:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
diff --git a/docs/src/cdist-manifest.rst b/docs/src/cdist-manifest.rst
index bb1ac69b..0e266943 100644
--- a/docs/src/cdist-manifest.rst
+++ b/docs/src/cdist-manifest.rst
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The **initial manifest** is the entry point for cdist to find out, which
 **objects** to configure on the selected host.
 Cdist expects the initial manifest at **cdist/conf/manifest/init**.
 
-Within this initial manifest you define, which objects should be
+Within this initial manifest you define which objects should be
 created on which host. To distinguish between hosts, you can use the
 environment variable **__target_host** and/or **__target_hostname** and/or
 **__target_fqdn**. Let's have a look at a simple example::
diff --git a/docs/src/cdist-why.rst b/docs/src/cdist-why.rst
index 83f6c317..1123a1de 100644
--- a/docs/src/cdist-why.rst
+++ b/docs/src/cdist-why.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Zero dependency configuration management
 
 Cdist requires very little on a target system. Even better,
 in almost all cases all dependencies are usually fulfilled.
-Cdist does not require an agent or a high level programming
+Cdist does not require an agent or high level programming
 languages on the target host: it will run on any host that
 has a **ssh server running** and a posix compatible shell
 (**/bin/sh**). Compared to other configuration management systems,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Push based distribution
 -----------------------
 
 Cdist uses the push based model for configuration. In this
-scenario, one (or more) computers connect the target hosts
+scenario, one (or more) computers connect to the target hosts
 and apply the configuration. That way the source host has
 very little requirements: Cdist can even run on a sysadmin
 notebook that is loosely connected to the network and has
diff --git a/docs/src/man1/cdist.rst b/docs/src/man1/cdist.rst
index 9101d726..7112d14d 100644
--- a/docs/src/man1/cdist.rst
+++ b/docs/src/man1/cdist.rst
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ Configure/install one or more hosts.
 
 .. option:: -f HOSTFILE, --file HOSTFILE
 
-    Read additional hosts to operate on from specified file
-    or from stdin if '-' (each host on separate line).
+    Read specified file for a list of additional hosts to operate on
+    or if '-' is given, read stdin (one host per line).
     If no host or host file is specified then, by default,
     read hosts from stdin. For the file format see below.
 
@@ -134,12 +134,13 @@ Configure/install one or more hosts.
 
 HOSTFILE FORMAT
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-HOSTFILE contains hosts per line. 
-All characters after and including '#' until the end of line is a comment.
-In a line, all leading and trailing whitespace characters are ignored.
+The HOSTFILE contains one host per line.
+A comment is started with '#' and continues to the end of the line.
+Any leading and trailing whitespace on a line is ignored.
 Empty lines are ignored/skipped.
 
-Hostfile line is processed like the following. First, all comments are
+
+The Hostfile lines are processed as follows. First, all comments are
 removed. Then all leading and trailing whitespace characters are stripped.
 If such a line results in empty line it is ignored/skipped. Otherwise,
 host string is used.
@@ -275,10 +276,10 @@ options. For more details refer to :strong:`sshd_config`\ (5).
 When requirements for the same object are defined in different manifests (see
 example below), for example, in init manifest and in some other type manifest
 and those requirements differ then dependency resolver cannot detect
-dependencies right. This happens because cdist cannot prepare all objects first
+dependencies correctly. This happens because cdist cannot prepare all objects first
 and run all objects afterwards. Some object can depend on the result of type
 explorer(s) and explorers are executed during object run. cdist will detect
-such case and write warning message. Example for such a case:
+such case and display a warning message. An example of such a case:
 
 .. code-block:: sh