diff --git a/content/en/docs/guides/server-graceful-stop.md b/content/en/docs/guides/server-graceful-stop.md
index 3b360f6014..0fe1718706 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/guides/server-graceful-stop.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/guides/server-graceful-stop.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ---
-title: Gracefull Shutdown
+title: Graceful Shutdown
 description: >-
-  Explains how to gracefully stop/shutdown a gRPC server.
+  Explains how to gracefully shut down [or stop, if you prefer] a gRPC server
+  to avoid causing RPC failures for connected clients.
 ---
 
 ### Overview
@@ -12,13 +13,17 @@ accepted. The "Graceful shutdown function" facilitates this process, allowing
 the server to transition smoothly without abruptly terminating active
 connections.
 
-When the "Graceful shutdown function" is called, the server immediately stops
-accepting new RPCs. In-flight RPCs are allowed to continue until they complete
-or a specified deadline is reached. Once all active RPCs finish or the deadline
-expires, the server shuts down completely.
+When the "Graceful shutdown function" is called, the server immediately
+notifies all clients that they should stop sending new RPCs. Then after the
+clients have received that notification, the server will stop accepting new
+RPCs. In-flight RPCs are allowed to continue until they complete or a specified
+deadline is reached. Once all active RPCs finish or the deadline expires, the
+server shuts down completely.
 
-While a graceful shutdown is optional, it's highly recommended. You can
-shutdown without a graceful shutdown first but that would not be recommended.
+Because graceful shutdown helps prevent clients from encountering RPC failures,
+it should be used if possible.  However, gRPC also provides a forceful shutdown
+mechanism which will immediately cause the server to stop serving and close all
+connections, which results in the failure of any in-flight RPCs.
 
 ### How to do Graceful Server Shutdown
 
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ The exact implementation of the "Graceful shutdown function" varies depending on
 the programming language you are using. However, the general pattern
 involves:
 
-- Initiating the graceful shutdown process by calling "Graceful shutdown
+- Initiating the graceful shutdown process by calling the "Graceful shutdown
   function" on your gRPC server object. This function blocks until all
   currently running RPCs complete. This ensures that in-flight requests are
   allowed to finish processing.
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ involves:
   prevents indefinite blocking.
 
 The following shows the sequence of events that occur, when a server's graceful
-stop is invoked, in-flight RPCs continue to prorcess, but new RPCs are
+stop is invoked, in-flight RPCs continue to process, but new RPCs are
 rejected. If some in-flight RPCs are not finished in time, server is forcefully
 shutdown.
 ```mermaid
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ Client->>Server: New RPC Request 1
 Client->>Server: New RPC Request 2
 Server-->>Server: Graceful Shutdown Invoked
 Server->>Client: Continues Processing In-Flight RPCs
-Client->>Client: Detects server shutdown and go find other servers if available 
+Client->>Client: Detects server shutdown and go finds other servers if available
 alt RPCs complete within timeout
     Server->>Client: Completes RPC 1
     Server->>Client: Completes RPC 2
@@ -63,19 +68,21 @@ The following is a state based view
 stateDiagram-v2
     [*] --> RUNNING : Server Started
     RUNNING --> GRACEFUL_STOP_INITIATED : Graceful Stop Called (with Timeout)
-    GRACEFUL_STOP_INITIATED --> GRACEFUL_STOPPING : Reject New RPCs
-    GRACEFUL_STOPPING --> TERMINATED : Complete In-Flight RPCs (Before Timeout)
-    GRACEFUL_STOPPING --> FORCE_STOP : Timeout Reached
-    FORCE_STOP --> TERMINATED : Force Terminate Pending RPCs and Shutdown
+    GRACEFUL_STOP_INITIATED --> GRACEFUL_STOPPING
+    GRACEFUL_STOPPING --> TERMINATED : In-Flight RPCs Compeleted (Before Timeout)
+    GRACEFUL_STOPPING --> TIMER_EXPIRED : Timeout Reached
+    TIMER_EXPIRED --> TERMINATED : Force Stop Called
 ```
 
 ### Language Support
 
-| Language | Example           |
-|----------|-------------------|
-| Java     | [Java example]    |
-| Go       | [Go example]      |
-| Python   |                   |
+| Language | Example          |
+|----------|------------------|
+| C++      |                  |
+| Go       | [Go Example]     |
+| Java     | [Java Example]   |
+| Python   |                  |
+
 
 [Go example]: https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/tree/master/examples/features/gracefulstop
 [Java example]: https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/tree/master/examples/example-hostname/src/main/java/io/grpc/examples/hostname