diff --git a/shacl/index.html b/shacl/index.html
index 55157a46..a0c9b152 100644
--- a/shacl/index.html
+++ b/shacl/index.html
@@ -840,9 +840,10 @@ <h3>Targets</h3>
 				<section id="targetNode">
 					<h4>Node targets (sh:targetNode)</h4>
 					<p>
-						A <dfn>node target</dfn> is defined with the <code>sh:targetNode</code> predicate.
-						Each <a>value</a> of <code>sh:targetNode</code> can be an <a>IRI</a> or a <a>literal</a>.
-						Each value of a node target defines a node to validate in the data graph.
+						A <dfn>node target</dfn> is specified using the <code>sh:targetNode</code> predicate.
+						Each <a>value</a> of <code>sh:targetNode</code> must be an <a>IRI</a> or a <a>literal</a>.
+						Each value of a node target identifies a node in the data graph to be validated against
+						the shape that is the <a>subject</a> of the <code>sh:targetNode</code> triple.
 					</p>
 
 					<p>
@@ -875,7 +876,7 @@ <h4>Node targets (sh:targetNode)</h4>
 				<section id="targetClass">
 					<h4>Class-based Targets (sh:targetClass)</h4>
 					<p>
-						A <dfn>class target</dfn> is defined with the <code>sh:targetClass</code> predicate.
+						A <dfn>class target</dfn> is specified with the <code>sh:targetClass</code> predicate.
 						Each value of <code>sh:targetClass</code> must be an <a>IRI</a>.
 						For every value <code>c</code> of a class target, all <a>SHACL instances</a> of <code>c</code> in the data graph are validated
 						against the <a>subject</a> of the <code>sh:targetClass</code> triple.
@@ -939,7 +940,7 @@ <h4>Implicit Class Targets</h4>
 				<section id="targetSubjectsOf">
 					<h5>Subjects-of targets (sh:targetSubjectsOf)</h5>
 					<p>
-						A <dfn>subjects-of target</dfn> is defined with the predicate <code>sh:targetSubjectsOf</code>,
+						A <dfn>subjects-of target</dfn> is specified with the predicate <code>sh:targetSubjectsOf</code>,
 						the <a>values</a> of which must be <a>IRIs</a>.
 						For every value <code>p</code> of such a target, the validated nodes are defined as
 						the set of <a>subjects</a> in the <a>data graph</a> that appear in a <a>triple</a> with <code>p</code> as a <a>predicate</a>.
@@ -975,7 +976,7 @@ <h5>Subjects-of targets (sh:targetSubjectsOf)</h5>
 				<section id="targetObjectsOf">
 					<h5>Objects-of targets (sh:targetObjectsOf)</h5>
 					<p>
-						An <dfn>objects-of target</dfn> is defined with the predicate <code>sh:targetObjectsOf</code>,
+						An <dfn>objects-of target</dfn> is specified with the predicate <code>sh:targetObjectsOf</code>,
 						the <a>values</a> of which must be <a>IRIs</a>.
 						For every value <code>p</code> of such a target, the validated nodes are defined as
 						the set of <a>objects</a> in the <a>data graph</a> that appear in a <a>triple</a> with <code>p</code> as a <a>predicate</a>.