diff --git a/docs/distutils/apiref.rst b/docs/distutils/apiref.rst
index c6785f0d..34acc12b 100644
--- a/docs/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/docs/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ API Reference
 
 
 The :mod:`distutils.core` module is the only module that needs to be installed
-to use the Distutils. It provides the :func:`setup` (which is called from the
-setup script). Indirectly provides the  :class:`distutils.dist.Distribution` and
-:class:`distutils.cmd.Command` class.
+to use the Distutils. It provides the :func:`setup` function (which is called
+from the setup script) and indirectly provides the
+:class:`distutils.dist.Distribution` and :class:`distutils.cmd.Command` class.
 
 
 .. function:: setup(arguments)
diff --git a/docs/distutils/builtdist.rst b/docs/distutils/builtdist.rst
index 052a5850..2200fb8a 100644
--- a/docs/distutils/builtdist.rst
+++ b/docs/distutils/builtdist.rst
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ Distutils configuration files.  Various options and sections in the
 | Version                                  | ``version``                                  |
 +------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
 | Vendor                                   | ``author`` and ``author_email``,             |
-|                                          | or  --- & ``maintainer`` and                 |
-|                                          | ``maintainer_email``                         |
+|                                          | or ``maintainer`` and ``maintainer_email``   |
 +------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
 | Copyright                                | ``license``                                  |
 +------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
@@ -294,7 +293,7 @@ installed, you can use a 32bit version of Windows to create 64bit extensions
 and vice-versa.
 
 To build for an alternate platform, specify the :option:`!--plat-name` option
-to the build command.  Valid values are currently 'win32', and  'win-amd64'.
+to the build command.  Valid values are currently 'win32', and 'win-amd64'.
 For example, on a 32bit version of Windows, you could execute::
 
    python setup.py build --plat-name=win-amd64
@@ -317,8 +316,8 @@ check or modify your existing install.)
 
 .. _postinstallation-script:
 
-The Postinstallation script
----------------------------
+The Post-installation script
+----------------------------
 
 Starting with Python 2.3, a postinstallation script can be specified with the
 :option:`!--install-script` option.  The basename of the script must be
diff --git a/docs/distutils/examples.rst b/docs/distutils/examples.rst
index d758a810..64698097 100644
--- a/docs/distutils/examples.rst
+++ b/docs/distutils/examples.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ setup might look like this::
            foo.py
            bar.py
 
-and the setup script might be  ::
+and the setup script might be ::
 
    from distutils.core import setup
    setup(name='foobar',
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ can just tell the Distutils to process modules from the root package, and that
 works the same as any other package (except that you don't have to have an
 :file:`__init__.py` file).
 
-The setup script from the last example could also be written as  ::
+The setup script from the last example could also be written as ::
 
    from distutils.core import setup
    setup(name='foobar',
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ need to use the ``package_dir`` option again.  For example, if the
                     foo.py
                     bar.py
 
-an appropriate setup script would be  ::
+an appropriate setup script would be ::
 
    from distutils.core import setup
    setup(name='foobar',
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ root::
            foo.py
            bar.py
 
-in which case your setup script would be  ::
+in which case your setup script would be ::
 
    from distutils.core import setup
    setup(name='foobar',
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ figure out which directories correspond to Python packages by looking for
                               __init__.py
                               blah.py
 
-then the corresponding setup script would be  ::
+then the corresponding setup script would be ::
 
    from distutils.core import setup
    setup(name='foobar',
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ single extension module in a single C source file, is::
            foo.c
 
 If the :mod:`foo` extension belongs in the root package, the setup script for
-this could be  ::
+this could be ::
 
    from distutils.core import setup
    from distutils.extension import Extension
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ You can read back this static file, by using the
     'Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages'
 
 Notice that the class can also be instantiated with a metadata file path to
-loads its values::
+load its values::
 
     >>> pkg_info_path = 'distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg-info'
     >>> DistributionMetadata(pkg_info_path).name