diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/lifecycle.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/lifecycle.adoc
index 2d729dfed59cf..20e7ed5cdd38a 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/lifecycle.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/lifecycle.adoc
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ The solution is located in the `lifecycle-quickstart` link:{quickstarts-tree-url
 
 == Creating the Maven project
 
-First, we need a new project. Create a new project with the following command:
+First, we need a new project.
+Create a new project with the following command:
 
 :create-app-artifact-id: lifecycle-quickstart
 include::{includes}/devtools/create-app.adoc[]
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ It generates:
 
 == The main method
 
-By default, Quarkus will automatically generate a main method, that will bootstrap Quarkus and then just wait for
-shutdown to be initiated. Let's provide our own main method:
+By default, Quarkus will automatically generate a main method, that will bootstrap Quarkus and then just wait for shutdown to be initiated.
+Let's provide our own main method:
 [source,java]
 ----
 package com.acme;
@@ -68,20 +69,17 @@ public class Main {
 <1> This annotation tells Quarkus to use this as the main method, unless it is overridden in the config
 <2> This launches Quarkus
 
-This main class will bootstrap Quarkus and run it until it stops. This is no different to the automatically
-generated main class, but has the advantage that you can just launch it directly from the IDE without needing
-to run a Maven or Gradle command.
+This main class will bootstrap Quarkus and run it until it stops.
+This is no different to the automatically generated main class, but has the advantage that you can just launch it directly from the IDE without needing to run a Maven or Gradle command.
 
-WARNING: It is not recommenced to do any business logic in this main method, as Quarkus has not been set up yet,
-and Quarkus may run in a different ClassLoader. If you want to perform logic on startup use an `io.quarkus.runtime.QuarkusApplication`
-as described below.
+WARNING: It is not recommenced to do any business logic in this main method, as Quarkus has not been set up yet, and Quarkus may run in a different ClassLoader.
+If you want to perform logic on startup use an `io.quarkus.runtime.QuarkusApplication` as described below.
 
-If we want to actually perform business logic on startup (or write applications that complete a task and then exit)
-we need to supply a `io.quarkus.runtime.QuarkusApplication` class to the run method. After Quarkus has been started
-the `run` method of the application will be invoked. When this method returns the Quarkus application will exit.
+If we want to actually perform business logic on startup (or write applications that complete a task and then exit) we need to supply a `io.quarkus.runtime.QuarkusApplication` class to the run method.
+After Quarkus has been started the `run` method of the application will be invoked.
+When this method returns the Quarkus application will exit.
 
-If you want to perform logic on startup you should call `Quarkus.waitForExit()`, this method will wait until a shutdown
-is requested (either from an external signal like when you press `Ctrl+C` or because a thread has called `Quarkus.asyncExit()`).
+If you want to perform logic on startup you should call `Quarkus.waitForExit()`, this method will wait until a shutdown is requested (either from an external signal like when you press `Ctrl+C` or because a thread has called `Quarkus.asyncExit()`).
 
 An example of what this looks like is below:
 
@@ -176,8 +174,7 @@ include::{includes}/devtools/dev-parameters.adoc[]
 
 == Listening for startup and shutdown events
 
-Create a new class named `AppLifecycleBean` (or pick another name) in the `org.acme.lifecycle` package, and copy the
-following content:
+Create a new class named `AppLifecycleBean` (or pick another name) in the `org.acme.lifecycle` package, and copy the following content:
 
 [source,java]
 ----
@@ -210,7 +207,8 @@ public class AppLifecycleBean {
 
 TIP: The events are also called in _dev mode_ between each redeployment.
 
-NOTE: The methods can access injected beans. Check the link:{quickstarts-blob-url}/lifecycle-quickstart/src/main/java/org/acme/lifecycle/AppLifecycleBean.java[AppLifecycleBean.java] class for details.
+NOTE: The methods can access injected beans.
+Check the link:{quickstarts-blob-url}/lifecycle-quickstart/src/main/java/org/acme/lifecycle/AppLifecycleBean.java[AppLifecycleBean.java] class for details.
 
 === What is the difference from `@Initialized(ApplicationScoped.class)` and `@Destroyed(ApplicationScoped.class)`
 
@@ -322,21 +320,19 @@ include::{includes}/devtools/build-native.adoc[]
 
 == Launch Modes
 
-Quarkus has 3 different launch modes, `NORMAL` (i.e. production), `DEVELOPMENT` and `TEST`. If you are running `quarkus:dev`
-then the mode will be `DEVELOPMENT`, if you are running a JUnit test it will be `TEST`, otherwise it will be `NORMAL`.
+Quarkus has 3 different launch modes, `NORMAL` (i.e. production), `DEVELOPMENT` and `TEST`.
+If you are running `quarkus:dev` then the mode will be `DEVELOPMENT`, if you are running a JUnit test it will be `TEST`, otherwise it will be `NORMAL`.
 
-Your application can get the launch mode by injecting the `io.quarkus.runtime.LaunchMode` enum into a CDI bean,
-or by invoking the static method `io.quarkus.runtime.LaunchMode.current()`.
+Your application can get the launch mode by injecting the `io.quarkus.runtime.LaunchMode` enum into a CDI bean, or by invoking the static method `io.quarkus.runtime.LaunchMode.current()`.
 
 == Graceful Shutdown
 
-Quarkus includes support for graceful shutdown, this allows Quarkus to wait for running requests to finish, up
-till a set timeout. By default, this is disabled, however you can configure this by setting the `quarkus.shutdown.timeout`
-config property. When this is set shutdown will not happen until all running requests have completed, or until
-this timeout has elapsed.
+Quarkus includes support for graceful shutdown, this allows Quarkus to wait for running requests to finish, up till a set timeout.
+By default, this is disabled, however you can configure this by setting the `quarkus.shutdown.timeout` config property.
+When this is set shutdown will not happen until all running requests have completed, or until this timeout has elapsed.
 
-Extensions that accept requests need to add support for this on an individual basis. At the moment only the
-HTTP extension supports this, so shutdown may still happen when messaging requests are active.
+Extensions that accept requests need to add support for this on an individual basis.
+At the moment only the HTTP extension supports this, so shutdown may still happen when messaging requests are active.
 
 Quarkus supports a delay time, where the application instance still responds to requests, but the readiness probe fails.
 This gives the infrastructure time to recognize that the instance is shutting down and stop routing traffic to the instance.
@@ -344,4 +340,4 @@ This feature can be enabled by setting the build-time property `quarkus.shutdown
 The delay can then be configured by setting the runtime property `quarkus.shutdown.delay`.
 It is not set by default, thus no delay is applied.
 
-include::_includes/duration-format-note.adoc
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+include::{includes}/duration-format-note.adoc[]
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