diff --git a/docs/i18n.txt b/docs/i18n.txt
index 41092c3a96..d8edaef615 100644
--- a/docs/i18n.txt
+++ b/docs/i18n.txt
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ Standard translation
 
 Specify a translation string by using the function ``ugettext()``. Since you
 may well be typing this a lot, it's often worthwhile importing it as a shorter
-alias and ``_`` is a very common choice (i.e. the function is called as
-``_()``).
+alias and ``_`` is a very common choice.
 
 .. note::
     Python's standard library ``gettext`` module installs ``_()`` into the
@@ -80,9 +79,10 @@ alias and ``_`` is a very common choice (i.e. the function is called as
 
       1. For international character set (unicode) support, you really wanting
          to be using ``ugettext()``, rather than ``gettext()``. Sometimes, you
-         should be using ``ugettext_lazy()`` more often. By not installing
-         ``_`` directly, the developer is required to think about which is the
-         most appropriate function to use.
+         should be using ``ugettext_lazy()`` as the default translation method
+         for a particular file. By not installing ``_`` directly, the
+         developer has to think about which is the most appropriate function
+         to use.
 
       2. Python's interactive shell uses ``_`` to represent "the previous
          result". This is also used in doctest tests and having ``_()`` causes
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ If you don't like the verbose name ``ugettext_lazy``, you can just alias it as
     class MyThing(models.Model):
         name = models.CharField(help_text=_('This is the help text'))
 
-Always use lazy translations in `Django models`_. And it's a good idea to add
+Always use lazy translations in `Django models`_. It's a good idea to add
 translations for the field names and table names, too. This means writing
 explicit ``verbose_name`` and ``verbose_name_plural`` options in the ``Meta``
 class, though::