diff --git a/docs/source/getting-started/collecting-data.rst b/docs/source/getting-started/collecting-data.rst
index dc677ef31b..fc104b3d95 100644
--- a/docs/source/getting-started/collecting-data.rst
+++ b/docs/source/getting-started/collecting-data.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Collecting data
 ===============
 
-Now that you've installed Augur's application server, it's time to configure your data collection workers. If you just want to run Augur using the single repository in the default database, and default worker settings all you need to do is this: 
+Now that you’ve installed Augur’s application server, it’s time to configure your data collection workers. If you just want to run Augur using the one repository in the default database, and default worker settings, all you need to do is this:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
diff --git a/docs/source/getting-started/command-line-interface/backend.rst b/docs/source/getting-started/command-line-interface/backend.rst
index f3bcab3a8b..7c614a8b37 100644
--- a/docs/source/getting-started/command-line-interface/backend.rst
+++ b/docs/source/getting-started/command-line-interface/backend.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ This command is for starting Augur's API server & (optionally) data collection w
 
 --skip-cleanup      Flag that disables the old process cleanup that runs before Augur starts. Useful for Python scripts where Augur needs to be run in the background: see the `test/api/runner.py` file for an example.
 
-**To start the backend as normal:**
+**To start the backend normally:**
 
 .. code-block:: 
 
diff --git a/docs/source/getting-started/command-line-interface/configure.rst b/docs/source/getting-started/command-line-interface/configure.rst
index 3c9761e1c2..d0d21fe7ba 100644
--- a/docs/source/getting-started/command-line-interface/configure.rst
+++ b/docs/source/getting-started/command-line-interface/configure.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Below is the list of available parameters, their defaults, and the corresponding
 
 --rc-config-file        Path to an existing Augur config file whose values will be used as the defaults. Defaults to ``None``. This parameter does not support being set by an environment variable.
 
---write-to-src          Flag for writing the generated config file to the source code tree, instead of the default ``$HOME/.augur``. For developer use only. Defaults to ``False``.
+--write-to-src          Flag for writing the generated config file to the source code tree, instead of the default ``$HOME/.augur``. For developers use only. Defaults to ``False``.
 
 Example usage\: