diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7edee8d3feeed..a72e8402e68a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 ## What is it?
 
-**pandas** is a Python package providing fast, flexible, and expressive data
+**pandas** is a Python package that provides fast, flexible, and expressive data
 structures designed to make working with "relational" or "labeled" data both
 easy and intuitive. It aims to be the fundamental high-level building block for
 doing practical, **real world** data analysis in Python. Additionally, it has
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ For usage questions, the best place to go to is [StackOverflow](https://stackove
 Further, general questions and discussions can also take place on the [pydata mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/pydata).
 
 ## Discussion and Development
-Most development discussion is taking place on github in this repo. Further, the [pandas-dev mailing list](https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pandas-dev) can also be used for specialized discussions or design issues, and a [Gitter channel](https://gitter.im/pydata/pandas) is available for quick development related questions.
+Most development discussions take place on github in this repo. Further, the [pandas-dev mailing list](https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pandas-dev) can also be used for specialized discussions or design issues, and a [Gitter channel](https://gitter.im/pydata/pandas) is available for quick development related questions.
 
 ## Contributing to pandas [![Open Source Helpers](https://www.codetriage.com/pandas-dev/pandas/badges/users.svg)](https://www.codetriage.com/pandas-dev/pandas)
 
-All contributions, bug reports, bug fixes, documentation improvements, enhancements and ideas are welcome.
+All contributions, bug reports, bug fixes, documentation improvements, enhancements, and ideas are welcome.
 
 A detailed overview on how to contribute can be found in the **[contributing guide](https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/dev/development/contributing.html)**. There is also an [overview](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) on GitHub.
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9f411ec10cd80..3caea5c5e79da 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def build_extensions(self):
 
 DESCRIPTION = "Powerful data structures for data analysis, time series, and statistics"
 LONG_DESCRIPTION = """
-**pandas** is a Python package providing fast, flexible, and expressive data
+**pandas** is a Python package that provides fast, flexible, and expressive data
 structures designed to make working with structured (tabular, multidimensional,
 potentially heterogeneous) and time series data both easy and intuitive. It
 aims to be the fundamental high-level building block for doing practical,