address issues raised by Tres Seaver at #884

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/docs/narr/project.rst b/docs/narr/project.rst
index 184d36512..5a8ea0ecf 100644
--- a/docs/narr/project.rst
+++ b/docs/narr/project.rst
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ also informs Python that the directory which contains it is a *package*.
 #. Line 1 imports the :term:`Configurator` class from :mod:`pyramid.config`
    that we use later.
 
-#. Lines 4-11 defines a function named ``main`` that returns a :app:`Pyramid`
+#. Lines 4-11 define a function named ``main`` that returns a :app:`Pyramid`
    WSGI application.  This function is meant to be called by the
    :term:`PasteDeploy` framework as a result of running ``pserve``.
 
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ and which returns a :term:`response`.
    :language: python
    :linenos:
 
-Lines 4-6 defines and registers a :term:`view callable` named ``my_view``.  The
+Lines 4-6 define and register a :term:`view callable` named ``my_view``.  The
 function named ``my_view`` is decorated with a ``view_config`` decorator
 (which is processed by the ``config.scan()`` line in our ``__init__.py``).
 The view_config decorator asserts that this view be found when a
diff --git a/docs/narr/urldispatch.rst b/docs/narr/urldispatch.rst
index 34543c4bb..e58d98416 100644
--- a/docs/narr/urldispatch.rst
+++ b/docs/narr/urldispatch.rst
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ receives the :term:`request` and returns a :term:`response` object.
 High-Level Operational Overview
 -------------------------------
 
-If a route configuration is present in an application, the :app:`Pyramid`
+If any route configuration is present in an application, the :app:`Pyramid`
 :term:`Router` checks every incoming request against an ordered set of URL
 matching patterns present in a *route map*.
 
 If any route pattern matches the information in the :term:`request`,
-:app:`Pyramid` will invoke a :term:`view lookup` to find a matching view.
+:app:`Pyramid` will invoke the :term:`view lookup` process to find a
+matching view.
 
 If no route pattern in the route map matches the information in the
 :term:`request` provided in your application, :app:`Pyramid` will fail over