diff --git a/packages/primer-core/README.md b/packages/primer-core/README.md
index 1fb02b8b..b148bc10 100644
--- a/packages/primer-core/README.md
+++ b/packages/primer-core/README.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 [![NPM version](http://img.shields.io/npm/v/primer-core.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/primer-core)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/primer/primer-css.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/primer/primer-css)
 
-> Primer core is the core modules of the primer framework. Shared between our product and marketing pages.
+> Primer core contains packages that are shared between GitHub product and marketing websites.
 
-This repository is a compilation of [several CSS modules](https://github.com/primer). You can break it down into smaller sections using npm.
+This repository is a compilation of [several CSS packages](https://github.com/primer). You can break it down into smaller sections using NPM.
 
 ## Install
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ You can also import specific portions of the module by importing those partials
 
 ## Build
 
-For a compiled **css** version of this module, a npm script is included that will output a css version to `build/build.css` The built css file is also included in the npm package.
+For a compiled **CSS** version of this module, an NPM script is included that will output a CSS version to `build/build.css` The built CSS file is also included in the NPM package.
 
 ```
 $ npm run build