diff --git a/chapter09/bootscripts.xml b/chapter09/bootscripts.xml
index cb88a9fd8..fbffa76df 100644
--- a/chapter09/bootscripts.xml
+++ b/chapter09/bootscripts.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <term><command>checkfs</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Checks the integrity of the file systems before they are mounted
-          (with the exception of journal and network based file systems)</para>
+          (with the exception of journaling and network-based file systems)</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts checkfs-bootscripts">
             <primary sortas="d-checkfs">checkfs</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@
       <varlistentry id="mountfs-bootscripts">
         <term><command>mountfs</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Mounts all file systems, except ones that are marked
-          <emphasis>noauto</emphasis> or are network based</para>
+          <para>Mounts all file systems, except those that are marked
+          <emphasis>noauto</emphasis>, or are network based</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts mountfs-bootscripts">
             <primary sortas="d-mountfs">mountfs</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>The master run-level control script; it is responsible for
           running all the other bootscripts one-by-one, in a sequence determined
-          by the name of the symbolic links being processed</para>
+          by the names of the symbolic links to those other bootscripts</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts rc-bootscripts">
             <primary sortas="d-rc">rc</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@
       <varlistentry id="setclock-bootscripts">
         <term><command>setclock</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Resets the kernel clock to local time in case the hardware clock
-          is not set to UTC time</para>
+          <para>Resets the system clock to local time if the hardware clock
+          is not set to UTC</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts setclock-bootscripts">
             <primary sortas="d-setclock">setclock</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
         <term><command>udev</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Prepares the <filename class="directory">/dev</filename>
-          directory and starts Udev</para>
+          directory and starts the udev daemon</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts udev-bootscripts">
             <primary sortas="d-udev">udev</primary>
           </indexterm>