diff --git a/source/release-notes/2.4.txt b/source/release-notes/2.4.txt
index c2e857297fc..1568c58461d 100644
--- a/source/release-notes/2.4.txt
+++ b/source/release-notes/2.4.txt
@@ -316,12 +316,12 @@ cursor.
       index. In the :program:`mongo` shell, to specify a phrase to
       match, you can either:
       
-      - enclose the phrase in escaped double quote characters
-        (``\"<phrase>\"``) within the ``search`` string, as in
-        ``"\"coffee table\""``, or
+      - enclose the phrase in *escaped* double quotes and use double
+        quotes to specify the ``search`` string, as in ``"\"coffee
+        table\""``, or
 
-      - enclose the phrase in single quote characters, as in ``"'coffee
-        table'"``
+      - enclose the phrase in double quotes and use *single* quotes to
+        specify the ``search`` string, as in ``'"coffee table"'``
 
    :param document filter:
 
@@ -331,9 +331,9 @@ cursor.
       document, except if the index includes an ascending or descending
       index field as a prefix.
       
-      If the index includes an ascending or descending index field, the
-      ``filter`` is required and the ``filter`` query must be an
-      equality match.
+      If the index includes an ascending or descending index field as a 
+      prefix, the ``filter`` is required and the ``filter`` query must be
+      an equality match.
 
    :param document projection:
 
@@ -595,8 +595,8 @@ In the 2.3 series, MongoDB adds the following database commands:
 .. dbcommand:: saslContinue
 
 
-Default Java Script Engine Switched to v8 from SpiderMonkey
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Default JavaScript Engine Switched to v8 from SpiderMonkey
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The default JavaScript engine used throughout MongoDB, for the
 :program:`mongo` shell, :dbcommand:`mapReduce`, :operator:`$where`,