diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07da4aab..9a599d3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ To contribute to Headscale you would need the lastest version of [Go](https://go
 
 ### Code style
 
-To ensure we have some consistency with a growing number of contributes, this project has adopted linting and style/formatting rules:
+To ensure we have some consistency with a growing number of contributions, this project has adopted linting and style/formatting rules:
 
 The **Go** code is linted with [`golangci-lint`](https://golangci-lint.run) and
 formatted with [`golines`](https://github.com/segmentio/golines) (width 88) and
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ run `make lint` and `make fmt` before committing any code.
 The **Proto** code is linted with [`buf`](https://docs.buf.build/lint/overview) and
 formatted with [`clang-format`](https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html).
 
-The **rest** (markdown, yaml, etc) is formatted with [`prettier`](https://prettier.io).
+The **rest** (Markdown, YAML, etc) is formatted with [`prettier`](https://prettier.io).
 
 Check out the `.golangci.yaml` and `Makefile` to see the specific configuration.
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ make install-protobuf-plugins
 
 ### Testing and building
 
-Some parts of the project requires the generation of Go code from Protobuf (if changes is made in `proto/`) and it must be (re-)generated with:
+Some parts of the project require the generation of Go code from Protobuf (if changes are made in `proto/`) and it must be (re-)generated with:
 
 ```shell
 make generate
diff --git a/docs/running-headscale-linux.md b/docs/running-headscale-linux.md
index d53b72f8..7a62fcc6 100644
--- a/docs/running-headscale-linux.md
+++ b/docs/running-headscale-linux.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ wget --output-document=/usr/local/bin/headscale \
 chmod +x /usr/local/bin/headscale
 ```
 
-3. Prepare a direction to hold `headscale` configuration and the [SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/) database:
+3. Prepare a directory to hold `headscale` configuration and the [SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/) database:
 
 ```shell
 # Directory for configuration
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ mkdir -p /etc/headscale
 mkdir -p /var/lib/headscale
 ```
 
-4. Create an empty SQlite datebase:
+4. Create an empty SQLite database:
 
 ```shell
 touch /var/lib/headscale/db.sqlite
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ tailscale up --login-server <YOUR_HEADSCALE_URL> --authkey <YOUR_AUTH_KEY>
 
 ## Running `headscale` in the background with SystemD
 
-In this section it will be demonstrated how to run `headscale` as a service in the background with [SystemD](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/).
+This section demonstrates how to run `headscale` as a service in the background with [SystemD](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/).
 This should work on most modern Linux distributions.
 
 1. Create a SystemD service configuration at `/etc/systemd/system/headscale.service` containing: