diff --git a/man/bootup.xml b/man/bootup.xml
index bba3bd2d7d..a0aafe5e79 100644
--- a/man/bootup.xml
+++ b/man/bootup.xml
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@
     necessary file systems and spawning all configured services.</para>
 
     <para>On shutdown, the system manager stops all services, unmounts all non-busy file systems (detaching
-    the storage technologies backing them), and then (optionally) jumps into the exitrd, which is backed by
-    tmpfs, and unmounts/detaches the remaining file systems, including the real root. As a last step,
-    the system is powered down.</para>
+    the storage technologies backing them), and then (optionally) jumps into the exitrd. The exitrd is backed
+    by tmpfs and unmounts/detaches the remaining file systems, including the real root. As a last step, the
+    system is powered down.</para>
 
     <para>Additional information about the system boot process may be
     found in
diff --git a/man/os-release.xml b/man/os-release.xml
index 1ff112e057..6fb3e1bb1a 100644
--- a/man/os-release.xml
+++ b/man/os-release.xml
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
     precedence over <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename>.
     Applications should check for the former, and exclusively use its
     data if it exists, and only fall back to
-    <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> if it is missing.
-    Applications should not read data from both files at the same
-    time. <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> is the recommended
+    <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> if that is missing.
+    Applications should not combine the data from both files.
+    <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> is the recommended
     place to store OS release information as part of vendor trees.
     <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> should be a relative symlink
     to <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename>, to provide