1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
index 4b307cb51b..cf1958ca63 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ The `a/` and `b/` filenames are the same unless rename/copy is
 involved.  Especially, even for a creation or a deletion,
 `/dev/null` is _not_ used in place of the `a/` or `b/` filenames.
 +
-When rename/copy is involved, `file1` and `file2` show the
+When a rename/copy is involved, `file1` and `file2` show the
 name of the source file of the rename/copy and the name of
-the file that rename/copy produces, respectively.
+the file that the rename/copy produces, respectively.
 
 2.   It is followed by one or more extended header lines:
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ produce a 'combined diff' when showing a merge. This is the default
 format when showing merges with linkgit:git-diff[1] or
 linkgit:git-show[1]. Note also that you can give suitable
 `--diff-merges` option to any of these commands to force generation of
-diffs in specific format.
+diffs in a specific format.
 
 A "combined diff" format looks like this:
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ or like this (when the `--cc` option is used):
 The `mode <mode>,<mode>..<mode>` line appears only if at least one of
 the <mode> is different from the rest. Extended headers with
 information about detected content movement (renames and
-copying detection) are designed to work with diff of two
+copying detection) are designed to work with the diff of two
 <tree-ish> and are not used by combined diff format.
 
 3.   It is followed by a two-line from-file/to-file header:
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ copying detection) are designed to work with diff of two
        --- a/file
        +++ b/file
 +
-Similar to two-line header for traditional 'unified' diff
+Similar to the two-line header for the traditional 'unified' diff
 format, `/dev/null` is used to signal created or deleted
 files.
 +