diff --git a/guide/src/SUMMARY.md b/guide/src/SUMMARY.md
index 3ae143fb87..7848743eb2 100644
--- a/guide/src/SUMMARY.md
+++ b/guide/src/SUMMARY.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         - [Syntax highlighting](format/theme/syntax-highlighting.md)
         - [Editor](format/theme/editor.md)
     - [MathJax Support](format/mathjax.md)
-    - [mdBook specific features](format/mdbook.md)
+    - [mdBook-specific features](format/mdbook.md)
 - [Continuous Integration](continuous-integration.md)
 - [For Developers](for_developers/README.md)
     - [Preprocessors](for_developers/preprocessors.md)
diff --git a/guide/src/format/mdbook.md b/guide/src/format/mdbook.md
index 223ba2159d..f9dc7256f6 100644
--- a/guide/src/format/mdbook.md
+++ b/guide/src/format/mdbook.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# mdBook-specific markdown
+# mdBook-specific features
 
 ## Hiding code lines
 
 There is a feature in mdBook that lets you hide code lines by prepending them
-with a `#` [in the same way that Rustdoc does][rustdoc-hide].
+with a `#` [like you would with Rustdoc][rustdoc-hide].
 
 [rustdoc-hide]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rustdoc/documentation-tests.html#hiding-portions-of-the-example
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ With the following syntax, you can include files into your book:
 
 The path to the file has to be relative from the current source file.
 
-mdBook will interpret included files as markdown. Since the include command
+mdBook will interpret included files as Markdown. Since the include command
 is usually used for inserting code snippets and examples, you will often
 wrap the command with ```` ``` ```` to display the file contents without
 interpretting them.
diff --git a/guide/src/format/theme/syntax-highlighting.md b/guide/src/format/theme/syntax-highlighting.md
index 97ed890967..a0c609f8bf 100644
--- a/guide/src/format/theme/syntax-highlighting.md
+++ b/guide/src/format/theme/syntax-highlighting.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Syntax Highlighting
 
-For syntax highlighting we use [Highlight.js](https://highlightjs.org) with a
-custom theme.
+mdBook uses [Highlight.js](https://highlightjs.org) with a
+custom theme for syntax highlighting.
 
 Automatic language detection has been turned off, so you will probably want to
 specify the programming language you use like this: