diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 85ef1a6564..abc903ac6a 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ It's probably easiest to grab an PBF of OSM data from [Mapzen](https://mapzen.co
 osm2pgsql -d gis ~/path/to/data.osm.pbf --style openstreetmap-carto.style
 ```
 
-You can find a more detailed guide to setting up a database and loading data with osm2pgsql at [switch2osm.org](http://switch2osm.org/loading-osm-data/)
+You can find a more detailed guide to setting up a database and loading data with osm2pgsql at [switch2osm.org](http://switch2osm.org/loading-osm-data/).
 
 Additionally you need some shapefiles.
 
@@ -24,13 +24,15 @@ To download the shapefiles you can run the following script from this directory.
 
 You can also download them manually at the following paths:
 
-* `simplified-land-polygons.shp` [download](http://data.openstreetmapdata.com/simplified-land-polygons-complete-3857.zip)
-* `land-polygon.shp` [download](http://data.openstreetmapdata.com/land-polygons-split-3857.zip)
-* `builtup_area.shp` [download](http://planet.openstreetmap.org/historical-shapefiles/world_boundaries-spherical.tgz)
-* `ne_110m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land.shp` [download](http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/110m/cultural/ne_110m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land.zip)
-* `ne_10m_populated_places_fixed.shp` [download](http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/10m/cultural/ne_10m_populated_places.zip) (and see below)
+* [``simplified-land-polygons.shp``](http://data.openstreetmapdata.com/simplified-land-polygons-complete-3857.zip) (updated daily)
+* [``land-polygon.shp``](http://data.openstreetmapdata.com/land-polygons-split-3857.zip) (updated daily)
+* [``builtup_area.shp``](http://planet.openstreetmap.org/historical-shapefiles/world_boundaries-spherical.tgz)
+* [``ne_110m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land.shp``](http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/110m/cultural/ne_110m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land.zip)
+* [``ne_10m_populated_places_fixed.shp``](http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/10m/cultural/ne_10m_populated_places.zip) (and see [below](#populated-places-shapefile))
 
-Put these shapefiles at path/to/openstreetmap-carto/data
+The repeated www.naturalearthdata.com in the Natural Earth shapefiles is correct.
+
+Put these shapefiles at ``path/to/openstreetmap-carto/data``.
 
 ### Populated places shapefile
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f8d07eedf..9e8612ed30 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ These stylesheets can be used in your own cartography projects, and are designed
 customised. They work with [TileMill](http://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/) and also with the command-line [CartoCSS](https://github.com/mapbox/carto) processor.
 
 Since August 2013 these stylesheets have been used on the OSMF tileservers (tile.openstreetmap.org), and
-are updated from each point release. They supersede the previous [XML-based stylesheets](https://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/subversion/applications/rendering/mapnik)
+are updated from each point release. They supersede the previous [XML-based stylesheets](https://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/subversion/applications/rendering/mapnik).
 
 # Installation
 
 You need a PostGIS database populated with OpenStreetMap data in the standard
-osm2pgsql database layout, along with auxillary shapefiles. See [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md)
+osm2pgsql database layout, along with auxillary shapefiles. See [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md).
 
 # Contributing
 
 Contributions to this project are welcome, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)
-for full details
+for full details.
 
 # Versioning