diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a3a9f0aeb..659c12b993 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Learn more about Quarto at <https://quarto.org>.
 
 ## Development Version
 
-To install the development version of the Quarto CLI, clone the quarto-cli repository then run the configure script for your platform (`configure.sh`, for linux/mac or `configure.cmd` for Windows). For example:
+To install the development version of the Quarto CLI, clone the quarto-cli repository then run the configure script for your platform (`configure.sh` for Linux/macOS or `configure.cmd` for Windows). For example:
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ cd quarto-cli
 ./configure.sh
 ```
 
-To update to the latest development version, just `git pull` from the local repo directory:
+To update to the latest development version, run `git pull` from the local repo directory:
 
 ```bash
 cd quarto-cli