diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/faq.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/faq.xml
index 72ff0d6fda..b8616ba489 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/faq.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/faq.xml
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@
                 and <filename>sysconfdir</filename> that indicate where
                 executables, libraries, and data reside when a program is
                 actually run.
-                And, they are also expected to respect a
+                They are also expected to respect a
                 <filename>DESTDIR</filename> environment variable, which is
                 prepended to all the other variables when the build system
                 actually installs the files.
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@
                 where the first is relatively normal and the second is not:
                 <note>
                     Due to these lengthy examples, the paths are artificially
-                    broke across lines for readability.
+                    broken across lines for readability.
                 </note>
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      /home/maxtothemax/poky-bootchart2/build/tmp/work/i586-poky-linux/zlib/
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
         </question>
         <answer>
             <para>
-                This situation results when the OpenEmbedded build system does
+                This situation results when a build system does
                 not recognize the environment variables supplied to it by
                 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#bitbake-term'>BitBake</ulink>.
                 The incident that prompted this FAQ entry involved a Makefile
@@ -780,10 +780,10 @@
                 The makefile's hardcoded default value of "/usr/bin" worked
                 most of the time, but not for the recipe's
                 <filename>-native</filename> variant.
-                Consequently, permissions errors might be caused by a Makefile
+                For example, permissions errors might be caused by a Makefile
                 that ignores <filename>DESTDIR</filename> or uses a different
                 name for that environment variable.
-                Check the OpenEmbedded build system to see if these kinds of
+                Check the the build system to see if these kinds of
                 issues exist.
             </para>
         </answer>