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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The Knative documentation website is built using [Material for MkDocs](https://s
 
 ### View published documentation
 
-View all Knative documentation and walk-through our code samples on the
+View all Knative documentation and walk through our code samples on the
 [website](https://knative.dev).
 
 The Knative website includes versioned docs for recent releases, the Knative
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ contributor guidelines.
 
 ### Run the website locally
 
-For instructions, see Knative's [docs contributor guide](contribute-to-docs/getting-started/previewing-docs-locally.md).
+For instructions, refer to Knative's [docs contributor guide](contribute-to-docs/getting-started/previewing-docs-locally.md).
 
 ### Website source files
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Source files for the documentation on the website are located within the
 
 ### Documentation versions for Knative releases
 
-Each release of the Knative docs is available in the website (starting with
+Each release of the Knative docs is available on the website (starting with
 0.3) and their source files are all stored in
 [branches of this repo](doc-releases.md).
 
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ To help you get started, see the following resources:
 
 Your help and feedback is always welcome!
 
-If you find an issue let us know, either by clicking the `Create Issue` on any
+If you find an issue please let us know, either by clicking the `Create Issue` on any
 of the website pages, or by directly opening an
 [issue](https://github.com/knative/docs/issues/new/choose) here in the repo.
 
 If you have a question that you can't find an answer to, we would also like to
-hear about that too. In addition to our docs, you can also reach out to the
-community for assistance. For example, ask a documentation specific question on
+hear about that. In addition to our docs, you can also reach out to the
+community for assistance. For example, ask a documentation-specific question on
 the `#knative-documentation` channel in [Slack](https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C04LY5G9ED7).
 
 Also see the [Knative community resource pages](https://knative.dev/docs/community/)