diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6d13f4e..5674e6c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ Functional testing environment
 
 To setup a "functional testing" environment on your personal workstation, open three terminal shells.
 
-In the first shell, run a copy of remarkbox using:
+In the first shell, run a copy of Remarkbox using:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
  make serve
 
-In the second shell, run a "mock" simple HTTP webserver to serve index.html:
+In the second shell, run a "mock" simple HTTP web server to serve index.html:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ In the third shell, run a "mock" SMTP server to catch log in emails:
 
  make smtp
 
-Now browse to http://127.0.0.1:8000 and index.html will load and will have an embeded copy of Remarkbox which running on localhost. 
+Now browse to http://127.0.0.1:8000 and index.html will load and will have an embedded copy of Remarkbox which running on localhost.
 If you attempt to log in, your third shell will capture the email and you can copy / paste the verification link to log in!
 
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ database with the state of the model:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-  alembic -c development.ini revision --autogenerate -m "autogenerated indicies."
+  alembic -c development.ini revision --autogenerate -m "autogenerated indices."
 
 You should review the recommended migration script before `upgrade`.
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ You should review the recommended migration script before `upgrade`.
 Cleaning the homepage
 ========================
 
-Sometimes (all the times) it's nice to clear all the test comments from the
+Sometimes (all the times) it's nice to clear all the test comments from
 the homepage of our marketing site. Use this query.
 
 .. code-block:: sql
@@ -194,14 +194,14 @@ Here is a full `pshell` script to modify every `Node` who has a `Uri`:
  # get all Uri objects.
  uris = m.uri.get_all_uris(request.dbsession)
 
- # interate over all Uri objects.
+ # iterate over all Uri objects.
  for uri in uris:
      # modify the Uri's related Node.
      uri.node.has_uri = True
      # add the related Node object to the sqlalchemy session.
      request.dbsession.add(uri.node)
 
- # flush / commit all changes stored the the sqlachemy session.
+ # flush / commit all changes stored the sqlalchemy session.
  request.dbsession.flush()
 
  # commit/close the database transaction to really make changes.