diff --git a/site/_docs/configuration.md b/site/_docs/configuration.md
index d09c5ab7..ac05a989 100644
--- a/site/_docs/configuration.md
+++ b/site/_docs/configuration.md
@@ -448,9 +448,9 @@ The `projects/foo_project.md` would have the `layout` set to `foobar` instead of
 
 ## Default Configuration
 
-Jekyll runs with the following configuration options by default. Unless
-alternative settings for these options are explicitly specified in the
-configuration file or on the command-line, Jekyll will run using these options.
+Jekyll runs with the following configuration options by default. Alternative
+settings for these options can be explicitly specified in the configuration
+file or on the command-line.
 
 <div class="note warning">
   <h5>There are two unsupported kramdown options</h5>
diff --git a/site/_docs/continuous-integration.md b/site/_docs/continuous-integration.md
index 5e8a700b..17823e1b 100644
--- a/site/_docs/continuous-integration.md
+++ b/site/_docs/continuous-integration.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ HTML::Proofer.new("./_site").run
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 Options are given as a second argument to `.new`, and are encoded in a
-symbol-keyed Ruby Hash. More information about the configuration options,
+symbol-keyed Ruby Hash. For more information about the configuration options,
 check out `html-proofer`'s README file.
 
 [2]: https://github.com/gjtorikian/html-proofer
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ check out `html-proofer`'s README file.
 
 This file is used to configure your Travis builds. Because Jekyll is built
 with Ruby and requires RubyGems to install, we use the Ruby language build
-environment. Below is a sample `.travis.yml` file, and what follows that is
+environment. Below is a sample `.travis.yml` file, followed by
 an explanation of each line.
 
 {% highlight yaml %}
diff --git a/site/_docs/deployment-methods.md b/site/_docs/deployment-methods.md
index ddf571d4..04dda9f2 100644
--- a/site/_docs/deployment-methods.md
+++ b/site/_docs/deployment-methods.md
@@ -107,9 +107,10 @@ If you want to maintain Jekyll inside your existing Rails app, [Jekyll-Admin](ht
 
 ## Amazon S3
 
-If you want to host your site in Amazon S3, you can do so with
-[s3_website](https://github.com/laurilehmijoki/s3_website) application. It will
-push your site to Amazon S3 where it can be served like any web server,
+If you want to host your site in Amazon S3, you can do so by
+using the [s3_website](https://github.com/laurilehmijoki/s3_website)
+application. It will push your site to Amazon S3 where it can be served like
+any web server,
 dynamically scaling to almost unlimited traffic. This approach has the
 benefit of being about the cheapest hosting option available for
 low-volume blogs as you only pay for what you use.