diff --git a/tconfpy.3 b/tconfpy.3
index 77fdbc0..7d304ee 100644
--- a/tconfpy.3
+++ b/tconfpy.3
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
 true if you suppressed new namespace creation with the
 \'AllowNewNamespaces = False\' API option.  In that case, the
 \'LegalVals\' attribute will contain only those namespaces you
-pre-defined.  All of these may- or may not have been used in the
+pre-defined.  Any or all of these may- or may not have been used in the
 configuration file, there is no way to tell.
 
 
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@
 .IP \(bu 4
 Variable names may not begin with \'$\'.  The one exception
 to this is when you are referencing the value of an environment
-variable as just described.
+variable.
 
 .IP \(bu 4
 Variable names cannot have the \'#\' character anywhere in them
@@ -1049,11 +1049,9 @@
 This is illegal because whitespace is not permitted in variable names.
 \*(TC will produce an error if it sees such a construct.
 
-If you get into the habit of reading \'[something]\' as,
-"The current value of \'something\'" this whole area of variable
-naming and referencing will be easier to keep clear in your
-thinking.  See if you understand what the following does
-(if you don't, try it out with \'test-tc.py\'):
+Get into the habit of reading \'[something]\' as, "The current value
+of \'something\'".  See if you understand what the following does (if
+you don't, try it out with \'test-tc.py\'):
 
 .nf
     foo   = 1