textual: slightly improve two README files

Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>

diff --git a/README.devel b/README.devel
index d8135743e9a8f9ca49018fe153e187558cea8b93..3ffc9c08a79e611124b907bc20f37a2df9809716 100644 (file)
--- a/README.devel
+++ b/README.devel
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@
 
 AUTOTOOLS:
 
-     * "./autogen.sh" generates all necessary files (run it after checkout from
-       git)
+     * "./autogen.sh" generates all files needed to compile and install the code
+       (run it after checkout from git)
 
-     * "make distclean" removes all unnecessary files, but code is still possible
-       recompile by "./configure; make"
+     * "make distclean" removes all unnecessary files, but the code can still be
+       recompiled with "./configure; make"
 
-     * "make dist-gzip" (or -bzip2) creates tarball which is possible use without
-      autogen.sh
+     * "make dist-gzip" (or -bzip2) creates a tarball that can be configured and
+       compiled without running "./autogen.sh"
 
 
 PATCHES:
 
-     * send your patches to the mailing list or to upstream maintainer
+     * send your patches to the mailing list or to the upstream maintainer
        (see the AUTHORS file)
 
      * diff -u

diff --git a/README.licensing b/README.licensing
index 0f4fef08d1153b3a07b6195e621e3eb18ab7ddea..6beb96eb0bd50f45abbdb15699f43fb72a57e474 100644 (file)
--- a/README.licensing
+++ b/README.licensing
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-The project utils-linux-ng doesn't use same license for all code. There are
-code with:
+The project util-linux-ng doesn't use the same license for all of the code.
+There is code under:
 
    * GPLv3+ (GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version)
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ code with:
 
    * Public Domain
 
-Please, check source code for more details. A license is usually at the start
+Please, check the source code for more details. A license is usually at the start
 of each source file.
 
 The /COPYING file (GPLv2+) is the default license for code without an explicitly