diff --git a/content/themes/_index.md b/content/themes/_index.md
index dcc837d35..10579db1e 100644
--- a/content/themes/_index.md
+++ b/content/themes/_index.md
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ aliases: [/themes/overview/]
 toc: false
 ---
 
-Hugo provides a robust theming system that is easy to implement but capable of producing even the most complicated websites. You can view the themes created by the Hugo community on the [Hugo themes website][hugothemes].
+Hugo provides a robust theming system that is easy to implement yet feature complete. You can view the themes created by the Hugo community on the [Hugo themes website][hugothemes].
 
-Hugo themes are powered by the excellent Go template library and are designed to reduce code duplication. They are easy to simultaneously customize while retaining upgradability with the upstream theme.
+Hugo themes are powered by the excellent Go template library and are designed to reduce code duplication. They are easy to both customize and keep in synch with the upstream theme.
 
 [goprimer]: /templates/introduction/
 [hugothemes]: http://themes.gohugo.io/
diff --git a/content/tools/frontends.md b/content/tools/frontends.md
index 848fa468f..d0c6b3168 100644
--- a/content/tools/frontends.md
+++ b/content/tools/frontends.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Frontend Interfaces with Hugo
 linktitle: Frontends
-description: Do you (or your content authors) prefer a graphical user interface over a text editor? Give these frontends a try.
+description: Do you prefer a graphical user interface over a text editor? Give these frontends a try.
 date: 2017-02-01
 publishdate: 2017-02-01
 lastmod: 2017-02-01
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ aliases: []
 toc: false
 ---
 
-Do you prefer a graphical user interface over a text editor? Give these frontends a try:
-
 * [enwrite](https://github.com/zzamboni/enwrite). Enwrite enables evernote-powered, statically generated blogs and websites. Now posting to your blog or updating your website is as easy as writing a new note in Evernote!
 * [caddy-hugo](https://github.com/hacdias/caddy-hugo). `caddy-hugo` is an add-on for [Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/) that delivers a good UI to edit the content of your Hugo website.
 * [Lipi](https://github.com/SohanChy/Lipi). Lipi is a native GUI frontend written in Java to manage your Hugo websites.
diff --git a/content/tools/syntax-highlighting.md b/content/tools/syntax-highlighting.md
index 6d97665a5..ef32f7ee9 100644
--- a/content/tools/syntax-highlighting.md
+++ b/content/tools/syntax-highlighting.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ aliases: [/extras/highlighting/,/extras/highlight/]
 toc: true
 ---
 
-Hugo provides the ability for you to highlight source code in _two different ways_—either pre-processed server side from your content or to defer the processing to the client side, using a JavaScript library.
+Hugo can highlight source code in _two different ways_—either pre-processed server side from your content or to defer the processing to the client side, using a JavaScript library.
 
 ## Server-side