diff --git a/docs/releases/1.0-porting-guide.txt b/docs/releases/1.0-porting-guide.txt
index 5048828582..f5fd68dc10 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.0-porting-guide.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.0-porting-guide.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Rename ``maxlength`` to ``max_length``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Rename your ``maxlength`` argument to ``max_length`` (this was changed to be
-consistant with form fields):
+consistent with form fields):
 
 Replace ``__str__`` with ``__unicode__``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ New (1.0)::
     import datetime
 
     class Article(models.Model):
-        title = models.CharField(maxlength=100)
+        title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
         published = models.DateField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
 
 ``DecimalField`` is new, and ``FloatField`` is now a proper float
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ Notes:
      this procedure for any of the standard Django models.
 
 If something goes wrong in the above process, just copy your backed up
-database file over the top of the original file and start again.
+database file over the original file and start again.
 
 Internationalization
 --------------------
@@ -644,10 +644,10 @@ Syndication
 ``Feed.__init__`` has changed
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The ``__init__()`` parameters in the syndication framework's ``Feed`` class now
-take an ``HttpRequest`` object as its second parameter, instead of the feed's
+The ``__init__()`` method of the syndication framework's ``Feed`` class now
+takes an ``HttpRequest`` object as its second parameter, instead of the feed's
 URL. This allows the syndication framework to work without requiring the sites
-framework. This only affects code that subclass ``Feed`` and overrides the
+framework. This only affects code that subclasses ``Feed`` and overrides the
 ``__init__()`` method, and code that calls ``Feed.__init__()`` directly.
 
 Data structures
@@ -656,8 +656,8 @@ Data structures
 ``SortedDictFromList`` is gone
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-`django.newforms.forms.SortedDictFromList`` was removed.
-:class:`django.utils.datastructures.SortedDict`` can now be instantiated with
+``django.newforms.forms.SortedDictFromList`` was removed.
+:class:`django.utils.datastructures.SortedDict` can now be instantiated with
 a sequence of tuples.
 
 To update your code:
@@ -665,9 +665,9 @@ To update your code:
      1. Use :class:`django.utils.datastructures.SortedDict` wherever you were
         using ``django.newforms.forms.SortedDictFromList``.
 
-     2. Because :meth:`django.utils.datastructures.SortedDict.copy` returns a
-        deepcopy as ``SortedDictFromList`` method did, you will need to update
-        your code if you were relying on a deepcopy. Do this by using
+     2. Because :meth:`django.utils.datastructures.SortedDict.copy` doesn't
+        return a deepcopy as ``SortedDictFromList.copy()`` did, you will need
+        to update your code if you were relying on a deepcopy. Do this by using
         ``copy.deepcopy`` directly.
 
 Database backend functions