diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 177d10896..9ef230054 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ to your language:
  Translation of GTK elements to your language, with
  xx your language code; e.g. for Dutch you need
  language-pack-gnome-nl. The translation of the
- Gramps strings is included with the gramps source.
+ Gramps strings is included with the Gramps source.
 
 
 The following packages are **STRONGLY RECOMMENDED** to be installed:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The following packages are **STRONGLY RECOMMENDED** to be installed:
  It may be osmgpsmap, osm-gps-map, or python-osmgpsmap,
  but the Python bindings for this must also be present, so gir1.2-osmgpsmap-1.0.
  Without this the GeoView will not be active, see
- https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gramps_5.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Categories#Geography_Category
+ https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Categories#Geography_Category
 
 * **Graphviz**
 
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ The following packages are **STRONGLY RECOMMENDED** to be installed:
  sorting is done through built-in libraries. PyICU is
  fairly widely available through the package managers of
  distributions. See http://pyicu.osafoundation.org/
- (These are Python bindings for the ICU package.
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyICU/)
+ (These are Python bindings for the ICU package
+ https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyICU/).
 
 * **Ghostscript**
 
-  Used by Graphviz reports to help create PDF's
+  Used by Graphviz reports to help create PDF files.
 
 The following packages are optional:
 ------------------------------------
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ The following packages are optional:
 
  Enable spell checking in the notes. Gtkspell depends on
  enchant. A version of gtkspell with gobject introspection
- is needed, so minimally version 3.0.0
+ is needed, so minimally version 3.0.0.
 
 * **rcs**
 
  The GNU Revision Control System (RCS) can be used to manage
  multiple revisions of your family trees. See info at
- https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gramps_5.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Manage_Family_Trees#Archiving_a_Family_Tree
- Only rcs is needed, NO python bindings are required
+ https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Manage_Family_Trees#Archiving_a_Family_Tree
+ Only rcs is needed, NO python bindings are required.
 
 * **PIL**
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ The following packages are optional:
  images and also to convert non-JPG images to
  JPG so as to include them in LaTeX output.
  (For Python3 a different source may be needed,
- python-imaging or python-pillow or python3-pillow)
+ python-imaging or python-pillow or python3-pillow).
 
 * **GExiv2**
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ The following packages are optional:
 
 * **ttf-freefont**
 
- More font support in the reports
+ Provides genealogical symbols and more fonts for reports
 
 * **geocodeglib**