diff --git a/docs/source/console.rst b/docs/source/console.rst
index c3fa10bc..7bb90ac1 100644
--- a/docs/source/console.rst
+++ b/docs/source/console.rst
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Environment variables
 
 Rich respects some standard environment variables.
 
-Settings the environment variable ``TERM`` to ``"dumb"`` or ``"unknown"`` will disable color/style and some features that require moving the cursor, such as progress bars.
+Setting the environment variable ``TERM`` to ``"dumb"`` or ``"unknown"`` will disable color/style and some features that require moving the cursor, such as progress bars.
 
 If the environment variable ``NO_COLOR`` is set, Rich will disable all color in the output.
 
diff --git a/docs/source/introduction.rst b/docs/source/introduction.rst
index 4db802eb..0ef37f7c 100644
--- a/docs/source/introduction.rst
+++ b/docs/source/introduction.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Introduction
 ============
 
-Rich is a Python library for writing *rich* text (with color and formatting) to the terminal, and for rendering content such as tables, markdown, and syntax highlighted code.
+Rich is a Python library for writing *rich* text (with color and style) to the terminal, and for displaying advanced content such as tables, markdown, and syntax highlighted code.
 
-Use Rich to make command line applications visually appealing and present data in a more readable way. Rich can also be a useful debugging aid by pretty printing and syntax highlighting data structures.
+Use Rich to make your command line applications visually appealing and present data in a more readable way. Rich can also be a useful debugging aid by pretty printing and syntax highlighting data structures.
 
 Requirements
 ------------