diff --git a/site/_docs/configuration.md b/site/_docs/configuration.md
index d09c5ab7..50af0f8c 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..682bce20 100644
--- a/site/_docs/deployment-methods.md
+++ b/site/_docs/deployment-methods.md
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ 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 [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.