diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 8cc3722..2da9f9f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2055,12 +2055,12 @@
    files, like ttys, it makes sense to continue reading after an EOF is hit.)  Note
    that this method may call the underlying C function :cfunc:`fread` more than
    once in an effort to acquire as close to *size* bytes as possible. Also note
-   that when in non-blocking mode, less data than what was requested may be
+   that when in non-blocking mode, less data than was requested may be
    returned, even if no *size* parameter was given.
 
    .. note::
-      As this function depends of the underlying C function :cfunc:`fread`,
-      it resembles its behaviour in details like caching EOF and others.
+      As this function depends on the underlying  :cfunc:`fread` C function,
+      it will behave the same in details such as caching EOF.
 
 
 .. method:: file.readline([size])