diff --git a/converter/newfiles/doc_rest.rst b/converter/newfiles/doc_rest.rst
index 064d576df5..11d111f529 100644
--- a/converter/newfiles/doc_rest.rst
+++ b/converter/newfiles/doc_rest.rst
@@ -4,22 +4,25 @@ reStructuredText Primer
 =======================
 
 This section is a brief introduction to reStructuredText (reST) concepts and
-syntax, to provide authors enough information to autor documents productively.
+syntax, intended to provide authors with enough information to author
+documents productively.
 Since reST was designed to be a simple, unobtrusive markup language, this will
 not take too long.
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   The authoritative `reStructuredText User
-   Documentation <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html>`_.
+    The authoritative `reStructuredText User
+    Documentation <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html>`_.
 
 
 Paragraphs
 ----------
 
-The most basic block a reST document is made of.  Paragraphs are chunks of text
-separated by one ore more blank lines.  As in Python, indentation is significant
-in reST, so all lines of a paragraph must be left-aligned.
+The paragraph is the most basic block in a reST document.
+Paragraphs are simply chunks of text
+separated by one or more blank lines.  As in Python, indentation is significant
+in reST, so all lines of the same paragraph must be left-aligned
+to the same level of indentation.
 
 
 Inline markup
@@ -226,4 +229,4 @@ All Python documentation source files must be in UTF-8 encoding, and the HTML
 documents written from them will be in that encoding as well.
 
 
-XXX: Gotchas
\ No newline at end of file
+XXX: Gotchas