diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
index e1e16b824e..68522241a0 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
     <para>
         The BitBake task executor together with various types of configuration files form the
         OpenEmbedded Core.
-        This section overviews the BitBake task executor and the
-        configuration files by describing what they are used for and how they interact.
+        This section overviews these by describing what they are used for 
+        and how they interact.
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
         The data itself is of various types:
     <itemizedlist>
         <listitem><para><emphasis>Recipes:</emphasis>  Provides details about particular
-            pieces of software</para></listitem>
-        <listitem><para><emphasis>Class Data:</emphasis>  An abstraction of common build
+            pieces of software.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para><emphasis>Class Data:</emphasis>  Abstracts common build
             information (e.g. how to build a Linux kernel).</para></listitem>
         <listitem><para><emphasis>Configuration Data:</emphasis>  Defines machine-specific settings,
-            policy decisions, etc.
+            policy decisions, and so forth.
             Configuration data acts as the glue to bind everything together.</para></listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
         For more information on data, see the
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
 
     <para>
         Following are some brief details on these core components.
-        For more detailed information on these components see the
-        "<link linkend='ref-structure'>Directory Structure</link>" chapter.
+        For more detailed information on these components, see the
+        "<link linkend='ref-structure'>Source Directory Structure</link>" chapter.
     </para>
 
     <section id='usingpoky-components-bitbake'>