diff --git a/xml/phrases-decl.ent b/xml/phrases-decl.ent
index 4b6989cef..64d8a1e43 100644
--- a/xml/phrases-decl.ent
+++ b/xml/phrases-decl.ent
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
    <step>
     <para>
      Copy the <filename>openrc.sh</filename> file to the machine on which
-     you want execute &ostack; commands (for example, uploading an image
+     you want to execute &ostack; commands (for example, uploading an image
      with the <command>glance</command> command).
     </para>
    </step>
diff --git a/xml/user_cli.xml b/xml/user_cli.xml
index 16ad38893..ca853be59 100644
--- a/xml/user_cli.xml
+++ b/xml/user_cli.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
    <step>
     <para>Look up the available security groups:</para>
     <screen>nova secgroup-list</screen>
-    <para>If you did not create any specific security groups, you can only assign
+    <para>If you have not created any specific security groups, you can only assign
     the instance to the default security group.</para>
    </step>
    <step>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     <screen>nova keypair-list</screen>
    </step>
    <step>
-    <para>Now you have all parameters at hand for starting an instance. Do so
+    <para>Now you have all the parameters at hand for starting an instance. Do so
     with the following command:</para>
     <screen>nova boot --flavor&nbsp;<replaceable>FLAVOR_ID</replaceable>&nbsp;--image<replaceable>IMAGE_ID</replaceable> --key_name <replaceable>KEY_NAME</replaceable> \
 --security_group <replaceable>NAME_OF_SEC_GROUP</replaceable> <replaceable>NAME_FOR_INSTANCE</replaceable>&nbsp;</screen>
@@ -138,16 +138,16 @@
     <para>Check if the instance is online:</para>
     <screen>nova list</screen>
     <para>This command lists all instances of the project you belong to, including
-    their ID, their name, their status and their private (and if assigned) 
-    their public IP addresses. If your instance's status is <literal>ACTIVE</literal>, 
+    their ID, their name, their status, and their private (and if assigned,
+    their public) IP addresses. If your instance's status is <literal>ACTIVE</literal>, 
     the instance is online.</para>
-    <para>To refine the search, run <command>nove help list</command> to view
+    <para>To refine the search, run <command>nova help list</command> to view
     the available options for the command.</para>
    </step>
   </procedure>
 
   <para>
-   If you did not provide a keypair on start and did not touch security groups
+   If you did not provide a keypair on starting and have not touched security groups
    or rules so far, by default the instance can only be accessed from inside the 
    cloud via VNC at this point. Even pinging the instance is not possible. To 
    change this, proceed with <xref linkend="sec.user.cli.inst.access"/>.</para>
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
    <title>Creating or Importing Keys</title>
    &keypairs;
    <para>In case an image uses a static &rootuser; password or a static key set 
-   (neither is recommended), you do not need to provide a keypair on start of 
+   (neither is recommended), you do not need to provide a keypair on starting of 
    the instance.</para>
 
    <procedure>
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ $ ssh-keygen -l -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
       </substeps>
      </step>
      <step>
-      <para>To allow access via UDP port (for example, for an DNS server
+      <para>To allow access via UDP port (for example, for a DNS server
       running on a VM):</para>
       <substeps>
        <step>
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ $ ssh-keygen -l -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
 
    <variablelist>
     <varlistentry>
-     <term>Listing Pools with Floating IP Adresses </term>
+     <term>Listing Pools with Floating IP Addresses </term>
      <listitem>
       <screen>nova floating-ip-pool-list</screen>
       <para>
@@ -491,8 +491,8 @@ $ ssh-keygen -l -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
      <listitem>
       <screen>nova floating-ip-list</screen>
       <para>Lists all floating IP addresses that have been allocated to the current
-     project. If an IP is already associated to an instance, the output
-     also shows the instance's IP, the instance's fixed IP adress and the name of
+     project. If an IP is already associated with an instance, the output
+     also shows the instance's IP, the instance's fixed IP address and the name of
      the pool that provides the floating IP address.</para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ $ ssh-keygen -l -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
       <screen>nova floating-ip-delete&nbsp;<replaceable>FLOATING_IP</replaceable>&nbsp;</screen>
       <para>The IP address is put back into the pool of IP addresses that 
      are available for all projects. If an IP address is currently assigned 
-     to a running instance, it will automatically be dissociated from the 
+     to a running instance, it will automatically be disassociated from the 
      instance.</para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ $ ssh-keygen -l -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
      <term>Assigning a Floating IP Address to an Instance</term>
      <listitem>
       <screen>nova add-floating-ip&nbsp;<replaceable>INSTANCE_NAME_OR_ID</replaceable>&nbsp;<replaceable>FLOATING_IP</replaceable>&nbsp;</screen>
-      <para>To associate an IP address to an instance, one or multiple floating IP
+      <para>To associate an IP address with an instance, one or multiple floating IP
      addresses must have been allocated to the current project. Check this with 
      <command>nova floating-ip-list</command>. In addition, you need to know the
      instance's name (or ID). To look up the instances that belong to the current 
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ $ ssh-keygen -l -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>
-     <term>Removing a Floating IP address from an Instance</term>
+     <term>Removing a Floating IP Address from an Instance</term>
      <listitem>
       <screen>nova remove-floating-ip&nbsp;<replaceable>INSTANCE_NAME_OR_ID</replaceable>&nbsp;<replaceable>FLOATING_IP</replaceable>&nbsp;</screen>
       <para>To remove a floating IP address from an instance, you need to specify