diff --git a/doc/web_hooks/web_hooks.md b/doc/web_hooks/web_hooks.md
index f80891e264d0ff54d515906e67db2b13410fcd03..5ad0c8a138f9a59b874c2d0a089c587f344a6480 100644
--- a/doc/web_hooks/web_hooks.md
+++ b/doc/web_hooks/web_hooks.md
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ Project web hooks allow you to trigger an URL if new code is pushed or a new iss
 
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-You can configure web hook to listen for specific events like pushes, issues, merge requests.
-GitLab will send POST request with data to web hook URL.
-Web Hooks can be used to update an external issue tracker, trigger CI builds, update a backup mirror, or even deploy to your production server.
+You can configure web hooks to listen for specific events like pushes, issues or merge requests.
+GitLab will send a POST request with data to the web hook URL.
+Web hooks can be used to update an external issue tracker, trigger CI builds, update a backup mirror, or even deploy to your production server.
 If you send a web hook to an SSL endpoint [the certificate will not be verified](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/ccd617e58ea71c42b6b073e692447d0fe3c00be6/app/models/web_hook.rb#L35) since many people use self-signed certificates.
 
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 #### Push events
 
-Triggered when you push to the repository except pushing tags.
+Triggered when you push to the repository except when pushing tags.
 
 **Request body:**
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Triggered when a new issue is created or an existing issue was updated/closed/re
 
 #### Merge request events
 
-Triggered when a new merge request is created or an existing merge request was updated/merges/closed.
+Triggered when a new merge request is created or an existing merge request was updated/merged/closed.
 
 **Request body:**