diff --git a/adb/OVERVIEW.TXT b/adb/OVERVIEW.TXT
index c40695a..29a6992 100644
--- a/adb/OVERVIEW.TXT
+++ b/adb/OVERVIEW.TXT
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
 - keep track of all Android devices and emulators instances
   connected to or running on a given host developer machine
 
-- implement various control commands (e.g. "adb shell", "adb pull", etc..)
+- implement various control commands (e.g. "adb shell", "adb pull", etc.)
   for the benefit of clients (command-line users, or helper programs like
-  DDMS). These commands are what is called a 'service' in ADB.
+  DDMS). These commands are called 'services' in ADB.
 
 As a whole, everything works through the following components:
 
   1. The ADB server
 
     This is a background process that runs on the host machine. Its purpose
-    if to sense the USB ports to know when devices are attached/removed,
+    is to sense the USB ports to know when devices are attached/removed,
     as well as when emulator instances start/stop.
 
     It thus maintains a list of "connected devices" and assigns a 'state'
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     meaning that the ADB server detected a new device/emulator, but could not
     connect to the adbd daemon.
 
-    the BOOTLOADER and RECOVERY states correspond to alternate states of
+    The BOOTLOADER and RECOVERY states correspond to alternate states of
     devices when they are in the bootloader or recovery mode.
 
   3. The ADB command-line client
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@
     or a script. It first tries to locate the ADB server on the host machine,
     and will start one automatically if none is found.
 
-    then, the client sends its service requests to the ADB server. It doesn't
-    need to know.
+    Then, the client sends its service requests to the ADB server.
 
     Currently, a single 'adb' binary is used for both the server and client.
     this makes distribution and starting the server easier.
@@ -61,13 +60,13 @@
     There are essentially two kinds of services that a client can talk to.
 
     Host Services:
-      these services run within the ADB Server and thus do not need to
+      These services run within the ADB Server and thus do not need to
       communicate with a device at all. A typical example is "adb devices"
       which is used to return the list of currently known devices and their
-      state. They are a few couple other services though.
+      states. They are a few other services though.
 
     Local Services:
-      these services either run within the adbd daemon, or are started by
+      These services either run within the adbd daemon, or are started by
       it on the device. The ADB server is used to multiplex streams
       between the client and the service running in adbd. In this case
       its role is to initiate the connection, then of being a pass-through
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@
 
     Note that the connection is still alive after an OKAY, which allows the
     client to make other requests. But in certain cases, an OKAY will even
-    change the state of the connection. 
+    change the state of the connection.
 
     For example, the case of the 'host:transport:<serialnumber>' request,
     where '<serialnumber>' is used to identify a given device/emulator; after
diff --git a/adb/SYNC.TXT b/adb/SYNC.TXT
index 06d7804..4445a76 100644
--- a/adb/SYNC.TXT
+++ b/adb/SYNC.TXT
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This file tries to document file related requests a client can make
+This file tries to document file-related requests a client can make
 to the ADB server of an adbd daemon. See the OVERVIEW.TXT document
 to understand what's going on here. See the SERVICES.TXT to learn more
 about the other requests that are possible.
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@
 
 Requesting the sync service ("sync:") using the protocol as described in
 SERVICES.TXT sets the connection in sync mode. This mode is a binary mode that
-differ from the regular adb protocol. The connection stays in sync mode until
+differs from the regular adb protocol. The connection stays in sync mode until
 explicitly terminated (see below).
 
 After the initial "sync:" command is sent the server must respond with either
-"OKAY" or "FAIL" as per usual. 
+"OKAY" or "FAIL" as per usual.
 
 In sync mode both the server and the client will frequently use eight-byte
-packets to communicate in this document called sync request and sync
-responses. The first four bytes is an id and specifies sync request is
-represented by four utf-8 characters. The last four bytes is a Little-Endian
+packets to communicate. In this document these are called sync requests and sync
+responses. The first four bytes are an id that specifies the sync request. It is
+represented by four utf-8 characters. The last four bytes are a Little-Endian
 integer, with various uses. This number will be called "length" below. In fact
 all binary integers are Little-Endian in the sync mode. Sync mode is
 implicitly exited after each sync request, and normal adb communication
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 SEND - Send a file to device
 STAT - Stat a file
 
-For all of the sync request above the must be followed by length number of
-bytes containing an utf-8 string with a remote filename.
+All of the sync requests above must be followed by "length": the number of
+bytes containing a utf-8 string with a remote filename.
 
 LIST:
 Lists files in the directory specified by the remote filename. The server will
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 6. length number of bytes containing an utf-8 string representing the file
    name.
 
-When an sync response "DONE" is received the listing is done.
+When a sync response "DONE" is received the listing is done.
 
 SEND:
 The remote file name is split into two parts separated by the last
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 When the file is transferred a sync request "DONE" is sent, where length is set
 to the last modified time for the file. The server responds to this last
-request (but not to chuck requests) with an "OKAY" sync response (length can
+request (but not to chunk requests) with an "OKAY" sync response (length can
 be ignored).
 
 
@@ -73,9 +73,8 @@
 Retrieves a file from device to a local file. The remote path is the path to
 the file that will be returned. Just as for the SEND sync request the file
 received is split up into chunks. The sync response id is "DATA" and length is
-the chuck size. After follows chunk size number of bytes. This is repeated
-until the file is transferred. Each chuck will not be larger than 64k.
+the chunk size. After follows chunk size number of bytes. This is repeated
+until the file is transferred. Each chunk will not be larger than 64k.
 
 When the file is transferred a sync response "DONE" is retrieved where the
 length can be ignored.
-