2 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index aeb89024aa..3eb8febefa 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -2710,10 +2710,10 @@
             <title>Trim the Kernel</title>
 
             <para>
-                Kernel is built by including policies for hardware-independent
+                The kernel is built by including policies for hardware-independent
                 aspects.
                 What subsystems do you enable?
-                What architecture are you building for?
+                For what architecture are you building?
                 Which drivers do you build by default.
                 <note>You can modify the kernel source if you want to help
                     with boot time.
@@ -2737,7 +2737,7 @@
                 will be smaller by a relatively constant factor in a compressed
                 kernel image.
                 Look to reduce the areas that are large and taking up around
-                the "90% rule".
+                the "90% rule."
             </para>
 
             <para>
@@ -2760,7 +2760,7 @@
 
             <para>
                 After figuring out what to eliminate, you need to reconfigure
-                kernel to reflect those changes during the next build.
+                the kernel to reflect those changes during the next build.
                 You could run <filename>menuconfig</filename> and make all your
                 changes at once.
                 However, that makes it difficult to see the effects of your
@@ -2772,7 +2772,7 @@
                 fragments into a single configuration file using
                 <filename>merge_config.sh</filename>.
                 The tool makes it easy for you to iterate using the
-                configuration change/build cycle.
+                configuration change and build cycle.
             </para>
 
             <para>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
index 69f0f8d3a2..7aefcfd08d 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
@@ -314,8 +314,7 @@
                     <link linkend='var-MACHINEOVERRIDES'><filename>MACHINEOVERRIDES</filename></link> 
                     or <link linkend='var-DISTROOVERRIDES'><filename>DISTROOVERRIDES</filename></link>
                     variables, as appropriate.
-                    For more changes regarding the 
-                    <filename>SRC_URI</filename> variable, see the
+                    For more related changes, see the
                     "<link linkend='migration-1.4-variables'>Variables</link>"
                     section.
                     </para></listitem>