diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cd88c3b68..a09d19ad6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf
 sudo apt-get install gcc-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-i686
 ```
 
-Packages pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf and pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi may
-block you to build for Kobo or Kindle, remove them if you got ld error,
+The packages `pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf` and `pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi` may
+block you from building for Kobo or Kindle. Remove them if you get an ld error,
 `/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/
 ld: cannot find -lglib-2.0`
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ brew install nasm binutils libtool autoconf automake sdl2 lua51
 
 The KOReader Android build requires `ant`, `openjdk-8-jdk` and `p7zip-full`. A compatible version of the Android NDK and SDK will be downloaded automatically by `.kodev build android` if no NDK or SDK is provided in environment variables. For that purpose you can use `NDK=/ndk/location SDK=/sdk/location ./kodev build android`.
 
-Users of Debian first need to configure the `backports` repository:
+Users of Debian Jessie first need to configure the `backports` repository:
 ```
 sudo echo "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
 sudo apt-get update
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ sudo apt-get install click
 
 You might also need SDL library packages if you want to compile and run
 KOReader on Linux PC. Fedora users can install `SDL` and `SDL-devel` package.
-Ubuntu users probably need to install `libsdl2-dev` package:
+Ubuntu users probably need to install the `libsdl2-dev` package:
 
 Getting the source
 ==================
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Building, Running and Testing
 For emulating KOReader on Linux, Windows and Mac OSX
 -------------
 
-To build an emulator on current Linux or OSX machine:
+To build an emulator on your current Linux or OSX machine:
 ```
 ./kodev build
 ```
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ If you want to compile the emulator for Windows run:
 ./kodev build win32
 ```
 
-To run KOReader on your developing machine:
+To run KOReader on your development machine:
 ```
 ./kodev run
 ```
@@ -166,14 +166,14 @@ To run unit tests:
 ./kodev test front
 ```
 
-NOTE: Extra dependencies for tests: busted and ansicolors from luarocks
+NOTE: Extra dependencies for tests: `busted` and `ansicolors` from luarocks.
 
 To run Lua static analysis:
 ```
 make static-check
 ```
 
-NOTE: Extra dependencies for tests: luacheck from luarocks
+NOTE: Extra dependencies for tests: `luacheck` from luarocks
 
 You may need to checkout the [travis config file][travis-conf] to setup up
 a proper testing environment. Briefly, you need to install `luarocks` and
@@ -184,14 +184,14 @@ that `luajit` in your system is at least of version 2.0.2.
 You can also specify size of emulator's screen via environment variables.
 For more information, please refer to [koreader-base's README][base-readme].
 
-To use your own koreader-base repo instead of the default one change KOR_BASE
+To use your own koreader-base repo instead of the default one change the `KOR_BASE`
 environment variable:
 ```
 make KOR_BASE=../koreader-base
 ```
 
 This will be handy if you are developing `koreader-base` and you want to test your
-modifications with the KOReader frontend. NOTE: only supports relative path for now.
+modifications with the KOReader frontend. NOTE: this only supports relative path for now.
 
 For EReader devices (kindle, kobo, pocketbook, ubuntu-touch)
 ---------------------
@@ -222,10 +222,13 @@ package from scratch.
 For Android devices
 -------------------
 
-Make sure the "android" and "ndk-build" tools are in your PATH environment
-variable and the NDK variable points to the root directory of the Android NDK.
+A compatible version of the Android NDK and SDK will be downloaded automatically by the
+`kodev` command. If you already have an Android NDK and SDK installed that you would like
+to use instead, make sure that the `android` and `ndk-build` tools can be found in your
+`PATH` environment variable. Additionally, the `NDK` and `SDK` variables should point
+to the root directory of the Android NDK and SDK respectively.
 
-Then, run this command to build installable package for Android:
+Then, run this command to build an installable package for Android:
 ```
 ./kodev release android
 ```
@@ -267,10 +270,9 @@ Use ccache
 ==========
 
 Ccache can speed up recompilation by caching previous compilations and detecting
-when the same compilation is being done again. In other words, it will decrease
-build time when the source have been built. Ccache support has been added to
-KOReader's build system. Before using it, you need to install a ccache in your
-system.
+when the same compilation is repeated. In other words, it will decrease
+build time when the sources have been built before. Ccache support has been added to
+KOReader's build system. To install a ccache:
 
 * in Ubuntu use:`sudo apt-get install ccache`
 * in Fedora use:`sudo yum install ccache`