diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index bfee2205cc..aeb89024aa 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -2627,14 +2627,14 @@
             <para>
                 The root filesystem is made up of packages for booting,
                 libraries, and applications.
-                To change things you can configure how the packaging happens,
+                To change things, you can configure how the packaging happens,
                 which changes the way you build them.
                 You can also tweak the filesystem itself or select a different
                 filesystem.
             </para>
 
             <para>
-                First, check out what is hogging your root filesystem running the
+                First, find out what is hogging your root filesystem by running the
                 <filename>dirsize.py</filename> script from your root directory:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ cd &lt;root-directory-of-image&gt;
@@ -2693,7 +2693,7 @@
                 using <filename>initramfs</filename>.
                 Be aware that <filename>ext3</filename> requires a 1 Mbyte
                 journal.
-                If you are okay with running read-only you don't need this
+                If you are okay with running read-only you do not need this
                 journal.
             </para>