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diff --git a/udev/udev.xml b/udev/udev.xml
index 517d650ad..6f32f2164 100644
--- a/udev/udev.xml
+++ b/udev/udev.xml
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><option>GOTO</option></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>Jumps to the next LABEL with a matching name</para>
+            <para>Jumps to the next LABEL with a matching name.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -426,8 +426,8 @@
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><option>file</option></term>
                 <listitem>
-                  <para>Import a text file specified as the assigned value, which must be in
-                  environment key format.</para>
+                  <para>Import a text file specified as the assigned value, the content
+                  of which must be in environment key format.</para>
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
               <varlistentry>
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><option>cmdline</option></term>
                 <listitem>
-                  <para>Import a single property from the kernel commandline. For simple flags
+                  <para>Import a single property from the kernel command line. For simple flags
                   the value of the property is set to '1'.</para>
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
@@ -465,9 +465,9 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><option>WAIT_FOR</option></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>Wait for a file to become available or until a 10
-            seconds timeout expires. The path is relative to the sysfs device,
-            i. e. if no path is specified this waits for an attribute to appear.</para>
+            <para>Wait for a file to become available or until a timeout of
+            10 seconds expires. The path is relative to the sysfs device;
+            if no path is specified, this waits for an attribute to appear.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><option>static_node=</option></term>
                 <listitem>
-                  <para>Apply the permissions specified in this rule to a static device node with
+                  <para>Apply the permissions specified in this rule to the static device node with
                   the specified name. Static device nodes might be provided by kernel modules
                   or copied from <filename>/lib/udev/devices</filename>. These nodes might not have
                   a corresponding kernel device at the time udevd is started; they can trigger
@@ -528,10 +528,10 @@
 
       <para>The <option>NAME</option>, <option>SYMLINK</option>, <option>PROGRAM</option>,
       <option>OWNER</option>, <option>GROUP</option>, <option>MODE</option>  and  <option>RUN</option>
-      fields support simple printf-like string substitutions. The <option>RUN</option>
-      format chars gets applied after all rules have been processed, right before the program
-      is executed. It allows the use of device properties set by earlier matching
-      rules. For all other fields, substitutions are applied while the individual rule is
+      fields support simple string substitutions. The <option>RUN</option>
+      substitutions are performed after all rules have been processed, right before the program
+      is executed, allowing for the use of device properties set by earlier matching
+      rules. For all other fields, substitutions are performed while the individual rule is
       being processed. The available substitutions are:</para>
       <variablelist>
         <varlistentry>
@@ -580,9 +580,9 @@
             <para>The value of a sysfs attribute found at the device where
             all keys of the rule have matched. If the matching device does not have
             such an attribute, and a previous KERNELS, SUBSYSTEMS, DRIVERS, or
-            ATTRS test selected a parent device, use the attribute from that
-            parent device.
-            If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the symlink target is
+            ATTRS test selected a parent device, then the attribute from that
+            parent device is used.</para>
+            <para>If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the symlink target is
             returned as the value.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>