diff --git a/sway/sway-bar.5.txt b/sway/sway-bar.5.txt
index 294876624..992389520 100644
--- a/sway/sway-bar.5.txt
+++ b/sway/sway-bar.5.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ sway-bar - bar configuration file and commands
 Description
 -----------
 
-Sway allows for configuration of swaybar within the sway configuation file.
-Swaybar commands must be used inside a _bar { }_ block in the config.
+Sway allows configuring swaybar in the sway configuration file.
+Swaybar commands must be used inside a _bar { }_ block in the config file.
 
 
 Commands
@@ -77,15 +77,15 @@ codes in this manner.
 
 **activate_button** <button>::
 	Sets the button to be used for the _activate_ (primary click) tray item
-	event. By default is BTN_LEFT (0x110).
+	event. The default is BTN_LEFT (0x110).
 
 **context_button** <button>::
 	Sets the button to be used for the _context menu_ (right click) tray item
-	event. By default is BTN_RIGHT (0x111).
+	event. The default is BTN_RIGHT (0x111).
 
 **secondary_button** <button>::
 	Sets the button to be used for the _secondary_ (middle click) tray item
-	event. By default is BTN_MIDDLE (0x112).
+	event. The default is BTN_MIDDLE (0x112).
 
 **tray_output** none|all|<name>::
 	Sets the output that the tray will appear on or none. Unlike i3bar, swaybar
diff --git a/sway/sway-input.5.txt b/sway/sway-input.5.txt
index f44a3179a..f0c8f87c1 100644
--- a/sway/sway-input.5.txt
+++ b/sway/sway-input.5.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Description
 -----------
 
 Sway allows for configuration of libinput devices within the sway configuration file.
-sway-input commands must be used inside a _input { }_ block in the config.
-To obtain a list of available devices identifier, run **swaymsg -t get_inputs**.
+sway-input commands must be used inside an _input { }_ block in the config.
+To obtain a list of available device identifiers, run **swaymsg -t get_inputs**.
 
 Commands
 --------
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Commands
 
 **input** <identifier> events <enabled|disabled|disabled_on_external_mouse>::
 	Enables or disables send_events for specified input device.
-	(Disabling  send_events disables the input device)
+	(Disabling send_events disables the input device)
 
 **input** <identifier> left_handed <enabled|disabled>::
 	Enables or disables left handed mode for specified input device.
diff --git a/sway/sway-security.7.txt b/sway/sway-security.7.txt
index aee3793c8..c8d6758ca 100644
--- a/sway/sway-security.7.txt
+++ b/sway/sway-security.7.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Security Overview
 figured out yet. The following man page is provisional.
 
 Securing sway requires careful configuration of your environment, the sort that's
-usually best suited to a distro maintainer who wants to ship a secure sway
-environment in their distro. Sway provides a number of means of securing it but
+usually best suited to a distribution maintainer who wants to ship a secure sway
+environment in their distribution. Sway provides a number of means of securing it but
 you must make a few changes external to sway first.
 
 Configuration of security features is limited to files in the security directory
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Environment security
 --------------------
 
 LD_PRELOAD is a mechanism designed to ruin the security of your system. There are
-a number of strategies for dealing with this but they all suck a little. In order
+a number of strategies for dealing with this, but they all suck a little. In order
 of most practical to least practical:
 
 1. Only run important programs via exec. Sway's exec command will ensure that
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ compromised by LD_PRELOAD. It probably isn't, but you can be sure by setting
 permit LD_PRELOAD for it (and will also run it as root, which sway will shortly
 drop). You could also statically link sway itself.
 
-Note that LD_LIBRARY_PATH has all of the same problems, and all of the same
-solutions.
+Note that LD_LIBRARY_PATH has all of these problems, and the same solutions.
 
 Read your log
 -------------
@@ -93,16 +92,16 @@ policies. These features are:
 	Permission to take screenshots or record the screen.
 
 By default, no permissions are granted (though saner defaults are provided in
-/etc/sway/config.d/security). You can use the following config commands to control
+/etc/sway/config.d/security). You can use the following configuration options to control
 a program's access:
 
 **permit** <executable> <features...>::
-	Permits <executable> to use <features> (each feature seperated by a space).
+	Permits <executable> to use <features> (each feature separated by a space).
 	<executable> may be * to affect the default policy, or the full path to the
 	executable file.
 
 **reject** <executable> <features...>::
-	Disallows <executable> from using <features> (each feature seperated by a space).
+	Disallows <executable> from using <features> (each feature separated by a space).
 	<executable> may be * to affect the default policy, or the full path to the
 	executable file.
 
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ a commands block and fill it with policies:
 	}
 
 For example, you could do this to limit the use of the focus command to just
-binding and critiera:
+binding and criteria:
 
 	commands {
 		focus binding criteria
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ You can also control which IPC events can be raised with an events block:
 		}
 	}
 
-The following commands are vaild within an ipc events block:
+The following commands are valid within an IPC events block:
 
 **binding** <enabled|disabled>::
 	Controls keybinding notifications (disabled by default).
diff --git a/sway/sway.1.txt b/sway/sway.1.txt
index 4a1aef991..14ab9f497 100644
--- a/sway/sway.1.txt
+++ b/sway/sway.1.txt
@@ -62,16 +62,19 @@ commands with **swaymsg**(1) or **i3-msg**(1) (or even with **i3**(1), probably)
 Configuration
 -------------
 
-If _-c_ is not specified, sway will look in several locations for your config
-file. The suggested location for your config file is ~/.config/sway/config.
-~/.sway/config will also work, and the rest of the usual XDG config locations
-are supported.  If no sway config is found, sway will attempt to load an i3
-config from all the config locations i3 supports. Sway looks for a config file in
-a fallback directory as a last resort, which is /etc/sway/ by default. A standard
-configuration file is installed at this location.  If still nothing is found,
-you will receive an error.
+The path to a config file can be given via the _-c_ parameter, else
+sway searches for it in the following locations:
+- ~/.sway/config
+- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sway/config (suggested location)
+- ~/.i3/config
+- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config (XDG_HOME )
+- /etc/sway/config
+- /etc/i3/config
 
-To write your own config, it's suggested that you copy the default config file to
+In /etc/sway/config the standard config file is installed.
+An error is raised when no config file is found.
+
+To write your own configuration, it's suggested that you copy the default config file to
 the location of your choosing and start there.
 
 For information on the config file format, see **sway**(5).
diff --git a/sway/sway.5.txt b/sway/sway.5.txt
index 731394dd6..750254c8f 100644
--- a/sway/sway.5.txt
+++ b/sway/sway.5.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ They are expected to be used with **bindsym** or at runtime through **swaymsg**(
 **focus** output <direction|name>::
 	Direction may be one of _up_, _down_, _left_, _right_. The directional focus
 	commands will move the focus to the output in that direction. When name is
-	given the focus is changed to the output with that name.
+	given, the focus is changed to the output with that name.
 
 **focus** mode_toggle::
 	Toggles focus between floating view and tiled view.
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ They are expected to be used with **bindsym** or at runtime through **swaymsg**(
 	through the windows in the scratchpad.
 
 **split** <vertical|v|horizontal|h|toggle|t>::
-	Splits the current container, vertically or horizontally. If toggled then the
+	Splits the current container, vertically or horizontally. If toggled, then the
 	current container is split opposite to the parent container.
 
 **splith**::
@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ or triggered at runtime.
 
 **client**.<color_class> <border> <background> <text> <indicator> <child_border>::
 	The client commands control the colors of the view borders and title bars. All
-	of the client commands _require_ five color values. (The one exception is
+	client commands _require_ five color values. (The one exception is
 	**client.background** which _requires_ one color value.) If you only want to
 	specify a subset, supply default colors for all the others. Colors must be
-	defined in hex. i.e. _#rrggbb_ or _#rrggbbaa_ when including the alpha
+	defined in hex. i.e. _#rrggbb_ or _#rrggbbaa_, when including the alpha
 	channel.
 	+
 	The command tokens are:
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ The default colors are:
 	Uses the container dimensions as default.
 	-1 x -1 will remove any restriction on dimensions.
 	0 x 0 has the same behavior as not setting any value.
-	If in conflict this option has precedence over floating_minimum_size.
+	If in conflict, this option has precedence over floating_minimum_size.
 
 **floating_minimum_size** <width> x <height>::
 	Specifies the minimum dimensions of floating windows.
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ The default colors are:
 
 **mode** <mode_name>::
 	Switches to the given mode_name. The default mode is simply _default_. To
-	create a new mode in config append _{_ to this command, the following lines
-	will be keybinds for that mode, and _}_ on its own line to close the block.
+	create a new mode append _{_ to this command, the following lines
+	will be keybindings for that mode, and _}_ on its own line to close the block.
 
 **mouse_warping** <output|none>::
 	When _output_: place mouse at center of newly focused window when changing
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ The default colors are:
 **output** <name> <resolution|res> <WIDTHxHEIGHT>::
 	Configures the specified output to use the given resolution.
 	+
-	_Note_: sway does not currently support modesetting. Your output's native
+	_Note_: sway does not currently support setting the output mode. Your output's native
 	resolution will be used and the screen will be scaled from the resolution
 	specified to your native resolution.
 
@@ -399,12 +399,12 @@ The default colors are:
 
 **unmark** <identifier>::
 	**Unmark** will remove _identifier_ from the list of current marks on a window. If
-	no _identifier_ is specified then **unmark** will remove all marks.
+	no _identifier_ is specified, then **unmark** will remove all marks.
 
 **workspace** [number] <name>::
 	Switches to the specified workspace. The string "number" is optional. The
-	worspace _name_, if unquoted, may not contain the string "output", as sway
-	will assume that the command is moving a worspace to an output, as described
+	workspace _name_, if unquoted, may not contain the string "output", as sway
+	will assume that the command is moving a workspace to an output, as described
 	below.
 
 **workspace** <prev|next>::
@@ -438,9 +438,9 @@ A criteria is a string in the form of e.g.:
 
 	[class="[Rr]egex.*" title="some title"]
 
-The string contains one or more (space separated) attribute/value pairs and they
-are used by some commands filter which views to execute actions on. All attributes
-must match for the criteria string to match.
+The string contains one or more (space separated) attribute/value pairs. They
+are used by some commands to choose which views to execute actions on. All attributes
+must match for the criteria to match.
 
 Criteria may be used with either the **for_window** or **assign** commands to
 specify operations to perform on new views. A criteria may also be used to
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ Currently supported attributes:
 
 **class**::
 	Compare value against the window class. Can be a regular expression. If value
-	is _focused_ then the window class must be the same as that of the currently
+	is _focused_, then the window class must be the same as that of the currently
 	focused window.
 
 **con_id**::
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ Currently supported attributes:
 
 **workspace**::
 	Compare against the workspace name for this view. Can be a regular expression.
-	If value is _focused_ then all the views on the currently focused workspace
+	If the value is _focused_, then all the views on the currently focused workspace
 	matches.
 
 See Also