diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
index 2fc547136c..8c17514cb1 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@
         The Yocto Project does most of the work for you when it comes to
         creating
         <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#cross-development-toolchain'>cross-development toolchains</ulink>.
-        This section provides some technical background information on how
+        This section provides some technical background on how
         cross-development toolchains are created and used.
         For more information on toolchains, you can also see the
-        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;'>the Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide</ulink>.
+        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;'>Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide</ulink>.
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@
                 since they can be targeted at different processor optimizations
                 using configurations passed to the compiler through the
                 compile commands.
-                This saves the need to have multiple compilers present and
-                hence reduces the size of the toolchains.
+                This circumvents the need for multiple compilers and thus
+                reduces the size of the toolchains.
                 </para></listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
     </para>