diff --git a/install/composer.xml b/install/composer.xml
index a55dca7f519d..cd64f32c2bb8 100644
--- a/install/composer.xml
+++ b/install/composer.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <title>Introduction to Composer</title>
   <simpara>
    &link.composer; is a dependency manager for PHP that makes it possible
-   to define third-party packages of code that your project uses that can
+   to define third-party packages of code that a project uses that can
    then be easily installed and updated. It leverages the the built-in
    <link linkend="language.oop5.autoload">class autoloading features</link>
    of PHP, repositories of PHP packages such as
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@
    layout and coding conventions.
   </simpara>
   <simpara>
-   For example, if you are writing a PHP application or website that needs
-   to work with <abbrev>UUID</abbrev> values, you might want to use
+   For example, if a PHP application or website needs
+   to work with <abbrev>UUID</abbrev> values,
    <link xlink:href="&url.packagist.package;ramsey/uuid">Ben Ramsey's
    <literal>ramsey/uuid</literal> package</link> that implements the
    widely known and used types of UUIDs that are defined by
-   <link xlink:href="&url.rfc;4122">RFC 4122</link>.
+   <link xlink:href="&url.rfc;4122">RFC 4122</link> could be used.
   </simpara>
   <simpara>
-   Briefly, you would do this by creating a <literal>composer.json</literal>
-   in your project, using Composer to install the latest version of the
+   Briefly, this is done by creating a <literal>composer.json</literal>
+   in the project, using Composer to install the latest version of the
    package, and including Composer's autoload script to make it available
-   to your code. The <link xlink:href="&url.composer;/doc/01-basic-usage.md">Composer
+   to the code. The <link xlink:href="&url.composer;/doc/01-basic-usage.md">Composer
    "Basic Usage" documentation</link> goes into this in more depth.
   </simpara>
   <para>
diff --git a/language/oop5/autoload.xml b/language/oop5/autoload.xml
index 586c2a4f304f..8c7b4e8e39c6 100644
--- a/language/oop5/autoload.xml
+++ b/language/oop5/autoload.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Fatal error: Interface 'ITest' not found in ...
     <para>
      &link.composer; generates a <literal>vendor/autoload.php</literal>
      with is set up to automatically load packages that are being managed
-     by Composer. By including this file, you can use those packages without
+     by Composer. By including this file, those packages can be used without
      any additional work.
     </para>
     <programlisting role="php">