diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md
index a046dd3395..21f08e0403 100644
--- a/GOVERNANCE.md
+++ b/GOVERNANCE.md
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ governance structure.
 
 To that end, this document describes the principles
 that guide the self-management of the project.
-By having them written down explicitly, and open to scrutiny,
+By having them written down explicitly and open to scrutiny,
 the entire community can read, apply, improve and adapt them as needed,
 with no central authority.
 
-Community members are asked to abide by the following principles:
+Community members are requested to abide by the following principles:
 
 1. **All contributions are welcome**,
    [no matter how small](https://github.com/kentcdodds/all-contributors).
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ Community members are asked to abide by the following principles:
    [do-ocracy](https://communitywiki.org/wiki/DoOcracy),
    so don't hesitate to get involved
    — we're happy to welcome you into the community!
-   Please take a look at [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) to get started.
+   Please take a look at the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file to get started.
 
 2. **All interactions must be respectful and cordial**.
-   Avoid making assumptions about the others' intentions,
-   and make your own intentions clear.
-   When in doubt, provide additional context, or ask for clarification.
-   Remember, it's very hard to convey meaning on a purely written medium,
+   Avoid making assumptions about the other's intentions,
+   and make your intentions clear.
+   When in doubt, provide additional context or ask for clarification.
+   Remember, it's very hard to convey meaning in a purely written medium,
    especially between people from different cultures, technical backgrounds,
    English proficiency levels, etc.
    Use inclusive language whenever possible and reasonable — for example,
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ Community members are asked to abide by the following principles:
 3. **All communications are public**.
    There are no permanent private channels
    where maintainers discuss "internal" matters.
-   Occasional private chat or email messages may be exchanged,
+   Occasionally, private chat or email messages may be exchanged,
    e.g. when setting up services that require passwords,
-   but otherwise all communications that impact the project
+   but otherwise, all communications that impact the project
    will either happen in issue and PR discussions,
-   or in the [Matrix chat room](https://matrix.to/#/#tldr-pages:matrix.org)
-   (which is open to all, and publicly logged).
+   or in the [Matrix chatroom](https://matrix.to/#/#tldr-pages:matrix.org)
+   (which is open to all and publicly logged).
 
 4. **All decisions are made by community consensus**.
    This does not mean there has to be unanimity,
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ Community members are asked to abide by the following principles:
    What it means is that
    all interested members of the community are welcome to voice their thoughts,
     and incompatible positions will ideally be resolved
-   with participants either agreeing with the final decision, or voluntarily
+   with participants either agreeing with the final decision or voluntarily
    [consenting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociocracy#Consent_vs._consensus)
    to accept it as "good enough for now, safe enough to try".
 
 5. **Community roles should reflect actual activity**.
-   Community roles in the tldr-project are set up
+   Community roles in the tldr-pages project are set up
    to dynamically reflect organizational work performed by community members,
    rather than assigned as authority positions by top-down decision-making.
    The different roles that contributors can take in the community,