diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index e6e20ebbd3..88ec9bb133 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ In this case, the block device must be exported using qemu-nbd:
 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket my_disk.qcow2
 @end example
 
-The use of qemu-nbd allows to share a disk between several guests:
+The use of qemu-nbd allows sharing of a disk between several guests:
 @example
 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket --share=2 my_disk.qcow2
 @end example
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 2d33815fb9..6457034b8c 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ This option defines the type of the media: disk or cdrom.
 @item cyls=@var{c},heads=@var{h},secs=@var{s}[,trans=@var{t}]
 These options have the same definition as they have in @option{-hdachs}.
 @item snapshot=@var{snapshot}
-@var{snapshot} is "on" or "off" and allows to enable snapshot for given drive (see @option{-snapshot}).
+@var{snapshot} is "on" or "off" and controls snapshot mode for the given drive
+(see @option{-snapshot}).
 @item cache=@var{cache}
 @var{cache} is "none", "writeback", "unsafe", "directsync" or "writethrough" and controls how the host cache is used to access block data.
 @item aio=@var{aio}
@@ -1242,7 +1243,7 @@ Disable adaptive encodings. Adaptive encodings are enabled by default.
 An adaptive encoding will try to detect frequently updated screen regions,
 and send updates in these regions using a lossy encoding (like JPEG).
 This can be really helpful to save bandwidth when playing videos. Disabling
-adaptive encodings allows to restore the original static behavior of encodings
+adaptive encodings restores the original static behavior of encodings
 like Tight.
 
 @item share=[allow-exclusive|force-shared|ignore]
@@ -2805,7 +2806,7 @@ UTC or local time, respectively. @code{localtime} is required for correct date i
 MS-DOS or Windows. To start at a specific point in time, provide @var{date} in the
 format @code{2006-06-17T16:01:21} or @code{2006-06-17}. The default base is UTC.
 
-By default the RTC is driven by the host system time. This allows to use the
+By default the RTC is driven by the host system time. This allows using of the
 RTC as accurate reference clock inside the guest, specifically if the host
 time is smoothly following an accurate external reference clock, e.g. via NTP.
 If you want to isolate the guest time from the host, you can set @option{clock}