diff --git a/site/_docs/pages.md b/site/_docs/pages.md
index e7b837fa..ea59649e 100644
--- a/site/_docs/pages.md
+++ b/site/_docs/pages.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ and associated URLs might look like:
 
 ### Named folders containing index HTML files
 
-There is nothing wrong with the above method, however some people like to keep
+There is nothing wrong with the above method. However, some people like to keep
 their URLs free from things like filename extensions. To achieve clean URLs for
 pages using Jekyll, you simply need to create a folder for each top-level page
 you want, and then place an `index.html` file in each page’s folder. This way
diff --git a/site/_docs/plugins.md b/site/_docs/plugins.md
index bd4396b3..9b68e17b 100644
--- a/site/_docs/plugins.md
+++ b/site/_docs/plugins.md
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ having to modify the Jekyll source itself.
 <div class="note info">
   <h5>Plugins on GitHub Pages</h5>
   <p>
-    <a href="http://pages.github.com/">GitHub Pages</a> is powered by Jekyll,
-    however all Pages sites are generated using the <code>--safe</code> option
+    <a href="http://pages.github.com/">GitHub Pages</a> is powered by Jekyll.
+    However, all Pages sites are generated using the <code>--safe</code> option
     to disable custom plugins for security reasons. Unfortunately, this means
     your plugins won’t work if you’re deploying to GitHub Pages.<br><br>
     You can still use GitHub Pages to publish your site, but you’ll need to
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ A generator is a subclass of `Jekyll::Generator` that defines a `generate`
 method, which receives an instance of
 [`Jekyll::Site`]({{ site.repository }}/blob/master/lib/jekyll/site.rb).
 
-Generation is triggered for its side-effects, the return value of `generate` is
-ignored. Jekyll does not assume any particular side-effect to happen, it just
+Because generation is triggered for its side effects, the return value of `generate` is
+ignored. Jekyll does not assume any particular side effect to happen---it just
 runs the method.
 
 Generators run after Jekyll has made an inventory of the existing content, and
diff --git a/site/_docs/templates.md b/site/_docs/templates.md
index 2cd7461d..c0825702 100644
--- a/site/_docs/templates.md
+++ b/site/_docs/templates.md
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ You can also choose to include file fragments relative to the current file:
 You won't need to place your included content within the `_includes` directory. Instead,
 the inclusion is specifically relative to the file where the tag is being used. For example,
 if `_posts/2014-09-03-my-file.markdown` uses the `include_relative` tag, the included file
-must be within the `_posts` directory, or one of it's subdirectories. You cannot include
+must be within the `_posts` directory, or one of its subdirectories. You cannot include
 files in other locations.
 
 All the other capabilities of the `include` tag are available to the `include_relative` tag,