diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 6c49e33bc4..4402e7cc19 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Enjoy!
 
 The LyX team.
 
+
 What's new
 ==========
 
@@ -86,24 +87,24 @@ What's new
 - The built-in Qt dialogs are now correctly translated for the
   languages that Qt supports [Qt >= 3.2 only]
 
-- add support for icelandic, latvian, lithuanian and nynorsk
+- add support for Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian and Nynorsk
 
-- updated basque, danish, german, italian and romanian localizations; 
-  updated basque and german documentations
+- updated Basque, Danish, German, Italian and Romanian localizations;
+  updated Basque and German documentation
 
 ** Bug fixes
 
 * Document input/output:
 
-- partly fix handling of included files; external insets are still not
+- partly fix the handling of included files. External insets are still not
   working correctly [bug #605]
 
 - fix nesting of language change commands, especially important for
-  arabic [bug #1404]
+  Arabic [bug #1404]
 
 - fix missing line break in front of \end{...} in some cases [bug #1225]
 
-- fix running makeindex and bibtex when the file name contains some
+- run makeindex and bibtex correctly when the file name contains some
   special characters [bug #1526]
 
 - prevent clashes with LaTeX packages defining "\boldsymbol" [bug #1498]
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ What's new
 
 - use opening quotation marks after an opening square bracket
 
-- fix toggling of short title inset in some cases
+- fix the toggling of the short title inset in some cases
 
 - when the autodetection of latex classes cannot be done for some
   reason, provide a sensible list of textclasses
diff --git a/status.13x b/status.13x
index cd19aece5b..553bf5daf0 100644
--- a/status.13x
+++ b/status.13x
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ can get with the command
 JMarc
 
 [In this list, I try to group things by topics, and in decreasing
-importance order. This is of course subjective...]
+order of importance. This is, of course, subjective...]
 
 What's new
 ==========
@@ -32,24 +32,24 @@ What's new
 - The built-in Qt dialogs are now correctly translated for the
   languages that Qt supports [Qt >= 3.2 only]
 
-- add support for icelandic, latvian, lithuanian and nynorsk
+- add support for Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian and Nynorsk
 
-- updated basque, danish, german, italian and romanian localizations; 
-  updated basque and german documentations
+- updated Basque, Danish, German, Italian and Romanian localizations;
+  updated Basque and German documentation
 
 ** Bug fixes
 
 * Document input/output:
 
-- partly fix handling of included files; external insets are still not
+- partly fix the handling of included files. External insets are still not
   working correctly [bug #605]
 
 - fix nesting of language change commands, especially important for
-  arabic [bug #1404]
+  Arabic [bug #1404]
 
 - fix missing line break in front of \end{...} in some cases [bug #1225]
 
-- fix running makeindex and bibtex when the file name contains some
+- run makeindex and bibtex correctly when the file name contains some
   special characters [bug #1526]
 
 - prevent clashes with LaTeX packages defining "\boldsymbol" [bug #1498]
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ What's new
 
 - use opening quotation marks after an opening square bracket
 
-- fix toggling of short title inset in some cases
+- fix the toggling of the short title inset in some cases
 
 - when the autodetection of latex classes cannot be done for some
   reason, provide a sensible list of textclasses