diff --git a/content/documentation.md b/content/documentation.md
index d8698c441..b9db486aa 100644
--- a/content/documentation.md
+++ b/content/documentation.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Hugo Documentation
 linktitle: Hugo
-description: Hugo is the world's fastest static website engine. It's written in Golang and developed by spf13 and friends.
+description: Hugo is the world's fastest static website engine. It's written in Go (aka Golang) and developed by bep, spf13 and friends.
 date: 2017-02-01
 publishdate: 2017-02-01
 lastmod: 2017-02-01
diff --git a/content/variables/files.md b/content/variables/files.md
index a3bae7d04..dd6c6efc2 100644
--- a/content/variables/files.md
+++ b/content/variables/files.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: File Variables
 linktitle:
-description: Hugo provides the ability to traverse your website's files on your server, including the local Hugo server.
+description: "You can access filesystem-related data for a content file in the `.File` variable."
 date: 2017-02-01
 publishdate: 2017-02-01
 lastmod: 2017-02-01
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ aliases: [/variables/file-variables/]
 toc: false
 ---
 
-Hugo provides the ability to traverse your website's files on your server, including the local `Hugo server`. You can access file-system-related data for a piece of content via the `.File` variable.
-
 {{% note "Rendering Local Files" %}}
 For information on creating shortcodes and templates that tap into Hugo's file-related feature set, see [Local File Templates](/templates/files/).
 {{% /note %}}
diff --git a/content/variables/git.md b/content/variables/git.md
index d0af56ded..97ecb3c61 100644
--- a/content/variables/git.md
+++ b/content/variables/git.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Git Info Variables
 linktitle: Git Variables
-description:
+description: Get the last Git revision information for every content file.
 date: 2017-03-12
 publishdate: 2017-03-12
 lastmod: 2017-03-12
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ toc: false
 wip: false
 ---
 
-Hugo provides a way to integrate Git data into your website.
-
 {{% note "`.GitInfo` Performance Considerations"  %}}
 Hugo's Git integrations should be fairly performant but *can* increase your build time. This will depend on the size of your Git history.
 {{% /note %}}
diff --git a/content/variables/hugo.md b/content/variables/hugo.md
index 142b00920..da83a91f7 100644
--- a/content/variables/hugo.md
+++ b/content/variables/hugo.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Hugo-specific Variables
 linktitle: Hugo Variables
-description: Hugo variables can be used in your templates to show metadata such as Hugo version and commit hashes.
+description: The `.Hugo` variable provides easy access to Hugo-related data.
 date: 2017-03-12
 publishdate: 2017-03-12
 lastmod: 2017-03-12
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ toc: false
 wip: false
 ---
 
-The `.Hugo` variable provides easy access to Hugo-related data and contains the following fields:
+It contains the following fields:
 
 `.Hugo.Generator`
 : `<meta>` tag for the version of Hugo that generated the site. `.Hugo.Generator` outputs a *complete* HTML tag; e.g. `<meta name="generator" content="Hugo 0.18" />`
diff --git a/content/variables/menus.md b/content/variables/menus.md
index d497eddac..3f3f8fb33 100644
--- a/content/variables/menus.md
+++ b/content/variables/menus.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ aliases: [/variables/menu/]
 toc: false
 ---
 
-A menu entry in a [menu template][] has the following properties:
+The [menu template][] has the following properties:
 
 `.URL`
 : string