diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c26dae219..8552d64ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ If you'd like some background on Sigma Prime, please see the [Lighthouse Update
 
 - [`beacon_node/`](beacon_node/): the "Beacon Node" binary and crates exclusively
 	associated with it.
-- [`docs/`](docs/): documentation related to the repository. This include contributor
-	guides, etc. (Code documentation is produced with `cargo doc`).
+- [`docs/`](docs/): documentation related to the repository. This includes contributor
+	guides, etc. (It does not include code documentation, which can be produced with `cargo doc`).
 - [`eth2/`](eth2/): Crates containing common logic across the Lighthouse project. For
-	example; Ethereum 2.0 types ([`BeaconBlock`](eth2/types/src/beacon_block.rs), [`BeaconState`](eth2/types/src/beacon_state.rs), etc) and
+	example: Ethereum 2.0 types ([`BeaconBlock`](eth2/types/src/beacon_block.rs), [`BeaconState`](eth2/types/src/beacon_state.rs), etc) and
 	SimpleSerialize (SSZ).
-- [`protos/`](protos/): protobuf/gRPC definitions common across the Lighthouse project.
+- [`protos/`](protos/): protobuf/gRPC definitions that are common across the Lighthouse project.
 - [`validator_client/`](validator_client/): the "Validator Client" binary and crates exclusively
 	associated with it.
 
diff --git a/eth2/README.md b/eth2/README.md
index e7b69635a..cf041e987 100644
--- a/eth2/README.md
+++ b/eth2/README.md
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ Rust crates containing logic common across the Lighthouse project.
 - [`block_proposer/`](block_proposer/): Core logic for proposing beacon blocks.
 - [`fork_choice/`](fork_choice/): A collection of fork-choice algorithms for
 	the Beacon Chain.
-- [`state_processing/`](state_processing/): Provides per-slot, per-block and
+- [`state_processing/`](state_processing/): Provides per-slot, per-block, and
 	per-epoch state processing.
 - [`types/`](types/): Defines base Ethereum 2.0 types (e.g., `BeaconBlock`,
 	`BeaconState`, etc).
 - [`utils/`](utils/):
-    - [`bls`](utils/bls/): A wrapper around an external BLS encryption library.
-    - [`boolean-bitfield`](utils/boolean-bitfield/): Provides an expandable Vec
+    - [`bls`](utils/bls/): A wrapper for an external BLS encryption library.
+    - [`boolean-bitfield`](utils/boolean-bitfield/): Provides an expandable vector
 		of bools, specifically for use in Eth2.
     - [`fisher-yates-shuffle`](utils/fisher-yates-shuffle/): shuffles a list
 		pseudo-randomly.
-    - [`hashing`](utils/hashing/): A wrapper around external hashing libraries.
+    - [`hashing`](utils/hashing/): A wrapper for external hashing libraries.
     - [`honey-badger-split`](utils/honey-badger-split/): Splits a list in `n`
-		parts without giving AF about the length of the list, `n` or anything
+		parts without giving AF about the length of the list, `n`, or anything
 		else.
     - [`int-to-bytes`](utils/int-to-bytes/): Simple library which converts ints
 		into byte-strings of various lengths.
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Rust crates containing logic common across the Lighthouse project.
 	- [`ssz`](utils/ssz/): an implementation of the SimpleSerialize 
 	    serialization/deserialization protocol used by Eth 2.0.
 	- [`ssz_derive`](utils/ssz_derive/): provides procedural macros for
-		deriving SSZ `Encodable`, `Decodable` and `TreeHash` methods.
+		deriving SSZ `Encodable`, `Decodable`, and `TreeHash` methods.
 	- [`swap_or_not_shuffle`](utils/swap_or_not_shuffle/): a list-shuffling
-		method which is slow, but allows for shuffling a subset of indices.
+		method which is slow, but allows for a subset of indices to be shuffled.
 	- [`test_random_derive`](utils/test_random_derive/): provides procedural
 		macros for deriving the `TestRandom` trait defined in `types`.