Reword and clarify some sentences

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 295bb3706..2c14ee418 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,18 +5,17 @@ syncthing
 [![API Documentation](http://img.shields.io/badge/api-Godoc-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://godoc.org/github.com/syncthing/syncthing)
 [![MPLv2 License](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-MPLv2-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/)
 
-This is the `syncthing` project. The following are the project goals:
+This is the `syncthing` project which pursues the following goals:
 
  1. Define a protocol for synchronization of a folder between a number of
-    collaborating devices. The protocol should be well defined, unambiguous,
+    collaborating devices. This protocol should be well defined, unambiguous,
     easily understood, free to use, efficient, secure and language neutral.
-    This is the [Block Exchange
+    This is called the [Block Exchange
     Protocol](https://github.com/syncthing/specs/blob/master/BEPv1.md).
 
  2. Provide the reference implementation to demonstrate the usability of
-    said protocol. This is the `syncthing` utility. It is the hope that
-    alternative, compatible implementations of the protocol will come to
-    exist.
+    said protocol. This is the `syncthing` utility. We hope that
+    alternative, compatible implementations of the protocol will arrise.
 
 The two are evolving together; the protocol is not to be considered
 stable until syncthing 1.0 is released, at which point it is locked down
@@ -32,20 +31,20 @@ There are a few examples for keeping syncthing running in the background
 on your system in [the etc directory](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/blob/master/etc).
 
 There is an IRC channel, `#syncthing` on Freenode, for talking directly
-to developers and users (when awake and present, etc.).
+to developers and users.
 
 Building
 --------
 
 Building Syncthing from source is easy, and there's a
 [guide](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/wiki/Building).
-that describes it for both Unix and Windows.
+that describes it for both Unix and Windows systems.
 
 Signed Releases
 ---------------
 
 As of v0.10.15 and onwards, git tags and release binaries are GPG signed
-with the key D26E6ED000654A3E (see http://syncthing.net/security.html).
+with the key D26E6ED000654A3E (see https://syncthing.net/security.html).
 For release binaries, MD5 and SHA1 checksums are calculated and signed,
 available in the md5sum.txt.asc and sha1sum.txt.asc files.
 
@@ -57,4 +56,4 @@ documentation](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/wiki/) is on the
 Github wiki.
 
 All code is licensed under the
-[MPLv2](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/blob/master/LICENSE).
+[MPLv2 License](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/blob/master/LICENSE).