diff --git a/docs/dev/docs.rst b/docs/dev/docs.rst
index fea0f692e58..81cf338bbed 100644
--- a/docs/dev/docs.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/docs.rst
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ the documentation for Read the Docs is built using Sphinx and hosted on Read the
 The docs are kept in the ``docs/`` directory at the top of the source tree,
 and are divided into developer and user-facing documentation.
 
-Contributing through the Github UI
+Contributing through the GitHub UI
 ----------------------------------
 
 If you're making small changes to the documentation,
-you can verify those changes through the documentation generated when you open a PR and can be accessed using the Github UI.
+you can verify those changes through the documentation generated when you open a PR and can be accessed using the GitHub UI.
 
-#. click the checkmark next to your commit and it will expand to have multiple options
+#. Click the checkmark next to your commit and it will expand to have multiple options.
 
-#. click the "details" link next to the "docs/readthedocs.org:docs" item
+#. Click the "details" link next to the "docs/readthedocs.org:docs" item:
 
    .. image:: /img/details_link.png
 
-#. navigate to the section of the documentation you worked on to verify your changes
+#. Navigate to the section of the documentation you worked on to verify your changes.
 
 Contributing from your local machine
 ------------------------------------
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ Contributing from your local machine
 If you're making large changes to the documentation,
 you may want to verify those changes locally before pushing upstream.
 
-#. clone the `readthedocs.org` repository:
+#. Clone the `readthedocs.org` repository:
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
       $ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/
 
-#. create a virtual environment with Python 3.8
-   (preferably the latest release, 3.8.12 at the time of writing),
+#. Create a virtual environment with Python 3.8
+   (preferably the latest release),
    activate it, and upgrade pip:
 
    .. code-block:: console
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ you may want to verify those changes locally before pushing upstream.
       $ source .venv/bin/activate
       (.venv) $ python -m pip install -U pip
 
-#. install documentation requirements
+#. Install the documentation requirements:
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
       (.venv) $ pip install -r requirements/testing.txt
       (.venv) $ pip install -r requirements/docs.txt
 
-#. build the documents
+#. Build the documents:
 
    To build the user-facing documentation:
 
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ you may want to verify those changes locally before pushing upstream.
       (.venv) $ cd docs
       (.venv) $ RTD_DOCSET=dev make livehtml
 
-#. the documents will be available at http://127.0.0.1:4444/ and will rebuild each time you edit and save a file.
+#. Check the changes locally at http://127.0.0.1:4444/ (rebuilds each time you edit and save a file).