diff --git a/readme.rst b/readme.rst
index e7fbfb430..1f02bf1cf 100644
--- a/readme.rst
+++ b/readme.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ such as:
 -  The `Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI)`_
 -  Trusted Board Boot Requirements (TBBR, Arm DEN0006C-1)
 -  `SMC Calling Convention`_
--  `System Control and Management Interface`_
+-  `System Control and Management Interface (SCMI)`_
 -  `Software Delegated Exception Interface (SDEI)`_
 
 Where possible, the code is designed for reuse or porting to other Armv7-A and
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ This release
 
 This release provides a suitable starting point for productization of secure
 world boot and runtime firmware, in either the AArch32 or AArch64 execution
-state.
+states.
 
 Users are encouraged to do their own security validation, including penetration
 testing, on any secure world code derived from TF-A.
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ Functionality
 -  Secure Monitor library code such as world switching, EL1 context management
    and interrupt routing.
    When a Secure-EL1 Payload (SP) is present, for example a Secure OS, the
-   AArch64 EL3 Runtime Software must be integrated with a dispatcher component
-   (SPD) to customize the interaction with the SP.
+   AArch64 EL3 Runtime Software must be integrated with a Secure Payload
+   Dispatcher (SPD) component to customize the interaction with the SP.
 
--  A Test SP/SPD to demonstrate AArch64 Secure Monitor functionality and SP
+-  A Test SP and SPD to demonstrate AArch64 Secure Monitor functionality and SP
    interaction with PSCI.
 
--  SPDs for the `OP-TEE Secure OS`_, `NVidia Trusted Little Kernel`_
+-  SPDs for the `OP-TEE Secure OS`_, `NVIDIA Trusted Little Kernel`_
    and `Trusty Secure OS`_.
 
 -  A Trusted Board Boot implementation, conforming to all mandatory TBBR
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ Functionality
 
 -  Support for the GCC, LLVM and Arm Compiler 6 toolchains.
 
--  Support combining several libraries into a self-called "romlib" image, that
-   may be shared across images to reduce memory footprint. The romlib image
+-  Support for combining several libraries into a self-called "romlib" image
+   that may be shared across images to reduce memory footprint. The romlib image
    is stored in ROM but is accessed through a jump-table that may be stored
    in read-write memory, allowing for the library code to be patched.
 
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ provides details of changes made since the last release.
 Platforms
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
-Various AArch32 and AArch64 builds of this release has been tested on variants
-r0, r1 and r2 of the `Juno Arm Development Platform`_.
+Various AArch32 and AArch64 builds of this release have been tested on r0, r1
+and r2 variants of the `Juno Arm Development Platform`_.
 
 Various AArch64 builds of this release have been tested on the following Arm
 Fixed Virtual Platforms (`FVP`_) without shifted affinities that do not
@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ Getting started
 
 Get the TF-A source code from `GitHub`_.
 
-See the `User Guide`_ for instructions on how to install, build and use
-the TF-A with the Arm `FVP`_\ s.
+See the `User Guide`_ for instructions on how to install, build and use TF-A
+with the Arm `FVP`_\ s.
 
-See the `Firmware Design`_ for information on how the TF-A works.
+See the `Firmware Design`_ for information on how TF-A works.
 
 See the `Porting Guide`_ as well for information about how to use this
 software on another Armv7-A or Armv8-A platform.
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Arm licensees may contact Arm directly via their partner managers.
 .. _Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI): PSCI_
 .. _PSCI: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0022d/Power_State_Coordination_Interface_PDD_v1_1_DEN0022D.pdf
 .. _SMC Calling Convention: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0028b/ARM_DEN0028B_SMC_Calling_Convention.pdf
-.. _System Control and Management Interface: SCMI_
+.. _System Control and Management Interface (SCMI): SCMI_
 .. _SCMI: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0056a/DEN0056A_System_Control_and_Management_Interface.pdf
 .. _Software Delegated Exception Interface (SDEI): SDEI_
 .. _SDEI: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0054a/ARM_DEN0054A_Software_Delegated_Exception_Interface.pdf
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Arm licensees may contact Arm directly via their partner managers.
 .. _FVP: https://developer.arm.com/products/system-design/fixed-virtual-platforms
 .. _Linaro Release 18.04: https://community.arm.com/dev-platforms/b/documents/posts/linaro-release-notes-deprecated#LinaroRelease18.04
 .. _OP-TEE Secure OS: https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os
-.. _NVidia Trusted Little Kernel: http://nv-tegra.nvidia.com/gitweb/?p=3rdparty/ote_partner/tlk.git;a=summary
+.. _NVIDIA Trusted Little Kernel: http://nv-tegra.nvidia.com/gitweb/?p=3rdparty/ote_partner/tlk.git;a=summary
 .. _Trusty Secure OS: https://source.android.com/security/trusty
 .. _GitHub: https://www.github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware
 .. _GitHub issue tracker: https://github.com/ARM-software/tf-issues/issues