diff --git a/doc/training-guides/basic-install-guide/section_basics-prerequisites.xml b/doc/training-guides/basic-install-guide/section_basics-prerequisites.xml
index 7110b78a..aadd2a81 100644
--- a/doc/training-guides/basic-install-guide/section_basics-prerequisites.xml
+++ b/doc/training-guides/basic-install-guide/section_basics-prerequisites.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   xml:id="basics-prerequisites">
   <?dbhtml stop-chunking?>
   <title>Before you begin</title>
-  <para>For a functional environment, OpenStack doesn't require a
+  <para>For a functional environment, OpenStack does not require a
     significant amount of resources. We recommend that your environment meets
     or exceeds the following minimum requirements which can support several
     minimal <glossterm>CirrOS</glossterm> instances:</para>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     recommend a minimal installation of your Linux distribution. Also, we
     strongly recommend that you install a 64-bit version of your distribution
     on at least the compute node. If you install a 32-bit version of your
-    distribution on the compute node, attempting to start an instance using
+    distribution on the compute node, starting an instance using
     a 64-bit image will fail.</para>
   <note>
     <para>A single disk partition on each node works for most basic
@@ -38,20 +38,20 @@
   </note>
   <para>Many users build their test environments on
     <glossterm baseform="virtual machine (VM)">virtual machines
-    (VMs)</glossterm>. The primary benefits of VMs include the
+    (VMs)</glossterm>. The primary benefits of this method include the
     following:</para>
   <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
-      <para>One physical server can support multiple nodes, each with almost
+      <para>One physical server can support multiple nodes with almost
         any number of network interfaces.</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>Ability to take periodic "snap shots" throughout the installation
+      <para>The ability to take periodic "snapshots" throughout the installation
         process and "roll back" to a working configuration in the event of
         a problem.</para>
     </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
-  <para>However, VMs will reduce performance of your instances, particularly
+  <para>VMs can result in slow instances, particularly
     if your hypervisor and/or processor lacks support for hardware
     acceleration of nested VMs.</para>
   <note>