diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b980418..97a4078 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ Geany Talks
 ===========
 
 This is a collection of slides for talks about Geany. They were done
-mostly in German by using TeX-generated slides. However, might
-somebody fihd it useful to introduce Geany - feel free to use for
-you own slides and spread the world.
+mostly in German by using TeX-generated slides. However, somebody might find it useful to introduce Geany - feel free to use for
+you own slides and spread the word.
 
 Compile
 -------
 
-To compile the the slides just go into your language (e.g. German)
+To compile the slides just go into your language (e.g. German)
 and run
 
 pdflatex geany.tex
@@ -19,6 +18,6 @@ This will create a PDF you can use for your talk.
 Dependencies
 ------------
 
-You will need to have an TeX-distribution installed on your system
+You will need to have a TeX-distribution installed on your system
 including pdflatex and latex-beamer packages. For presentation of
-course you will need also an PDF-viewer as e.g. evince is one.
+course you will need also a PDF-viewer (e.g., evince)