diff --git a/basis/db/db-docs.factor b/basis/db/db-docs.factor
index 742322733b..dae81e5904 100644
--- a/basis/db/db-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/db/db-docs.factor
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ HELP: query-results
 { $values { "query" object }
     { "result-set" result-set }
 }
-{ $description "Returns a " { $link result-set } " object representing the results of a SQL query. See " { $link "db-result-sets" } "." } ;
+{ $description "Returns a " { $link result-set } " object representing the results of an SQL query. See " { $link "db-result-sets" } "." } ;
 
 HELP: #rows
 { $values { "result-set" result-set } { "n" integer } }
@@ -143,13 +143,13 @@ HELP: rollback-transaction
 HELP: sql-command
 { $values
      { "sql" string } }
-{ $description "Executes a SQL string using the database in the " { $link db-connection } " symbol." } ;
+{ $description "Executes an SQL string using the database in the " { $link db-connection } " symbol." } ;
 
 HELP: sql-query
 { $values
      { "sql" string }
      { "rows" "an array of arrays of strings" } }
-{ $description "Runs a SQL query of raw text in the database in the " { $link db-connection } " symbol. Each row is returned as an array of strings; no type-conversions are done on the resulting data." } ;
+{ $description "Runs an SQL query of raw text in the database in the " { $link db-connection } " symbol. Each row is returned as an array of strings; no type-conversions are done on the resulting data." } ;
 
 { sql-command sql-query } related-words
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ $nl
 } ;
 
 ARTICLE: "db-result-sets" "Result sets"
-"Result sets are the encapsulated, database-specific results from a SQL query."
+"Result sets are the encapsulated, database-specific results from an SQL query."
 $nl
 "Two possible protocols for iterating over result sets exist:"
 { $subsections
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ ARTICLE: "db-protocol" "Low-level database protocol"
 
 ARTICLE: "db-lowlevel-tutorial" "Low-level database tutorial"
 "Although Factor makes integrating a database with its object system easy (see " { $vocab-link "db.tuples" } "), sometimes you may want to write SQL directly and get the results back as arrays of strings, for instance, when interfacing with a legacy database that doesn't easily map to " { $snippet "tuples" } "." $nl
-"Executing a SQL command:"
+"Executing an SQL command:"
 { $subsections sql-command }
 "Executing a query directly:"
 { $subsections sql-query }
diff --git a/basis/db/tuples/tuples-docs.factor b/basis/db/tuples/tuples-docs.factor
index 91a376745b..f099a4b16c 100644
--- a/basis/db/tuples/tuples-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/db/tuples/tuples-docs.factor
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ HELP: <update-tuple-statement>
 HELP: define-persistent
 { $values
      { "class" class } { "table" string } { "columns" "an array of slot specifiers" } }
-{ $description "Defines a relation from a Factor " { $snippet "tuple class" } " to a SQL database table name. The format for the slot specifiers is as follows:"
+{ $description "Defines a relation from a Factor " { $snippet "tuple class" } " to an SQL database table name. The format for the slot specifiers is as follows:"
 { $list
     { "a slot name from the " { $snippet "tuple class" } }
     { "the name of a database column that maps to the slot" }
@@ -84,17 +84,17 @@ HELP: define-persistent
 HELP: create-table
 { $values
      { "class" class } }
-{ $description "Creates a SQL table from a mapping defined by " { $link define-persistent } ". If the table already exists, the database will likely throw an error." } ;
+{ $description "Creates an SQL table from a mapping defined by " { $link define-persistent } ". If the table already exists, the database will likely throw an error." } ;
 
 HELP: ensure-table
 { $values
      { "class" class } }
-{ $description "Creates a SQL table from a mapping defined by " { $link define-persistent } ". If the table already exists, the error is silently ignored." } ;
+{ $description "Creates an SQL table from a mapping defined by " { $link define-persistent } ". If the table already exists, the error is silently ignored." } ;
 
 HELP: ensure-tables
 { $values
      { "classes" "a sequence of classes" } }
-{ $description "Creates a SQL table from a mapping defined by " { $link define-persistent } ". If a table already exists, the error is silently ignored." } ;
+{ $description "Creates an SQL table from a mapping defined by " { $link define-persistent } ". If a table already exists, the error is silently ignored." } ;
 
 HELP: recreate-table
 { $values
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ HELP: update-tuple
 HELP: delete-tuples
 { $values
      { "tuple" tuple } }
-{ $description "Uses the " { $snippet "tuple" } " as an exemplar object and deletes any objects that have the same slots set. If a slot is not " { $link f } ", then it is used to generate a SQL statement that deletes tuples." }
+{ $description "Uses the " { $snippet "tuple" } " as an exemplar object and deletes any objects that have the same slots set. If a slot is not " { $link f } ", then it is used to generate an SQL statement that deletes tuples." }
 { $warning "This word will delete your data." } ;
 
 { insert-tuple update-tuple delete-tuples } related-words
diff --git a/basis/db/types/types-docs.factor b/basis/db/types/types-docs.factor
index ca2fb66797..72d6c2edc2 100644
--- a/basis/db/types/types-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/db/types/types-docs.factor
@@ -121,24 +121,24 @@ HELP: find-primary-key
 HELP: no-sql-type
 { $values
      { "type" "a SQL type" } }
-{ $description "Throws an error containing a SQL type that is unsupported or the result of a typo." } ;
+{ $description "Throws an error containing an SQL type that is unsupported or the result of a typo." } ;
 
 HELP: normalize-spec
 { $values
      { "spec" "a SQL spec" } }
-{ $description "Normalizes a SQL spec." } ;
+{ $description "Normalizes an SQL spec." } ;
 
 HELP: primary-key?
 { $values
      { "spec" "a SQL spec" }
      { "?" boolean } }
-{ $description "Returns true if a SQL spec is a primary key." } ;
+{ $description "Returns true if an SQL spec is a primary key." } ;
 
 HELP: relation?
 { $values
      { "spec" "a SQL spec" }
      { "?" boolean } }
-{ $description "Returns true if a SQL spec is a relation." } ;
+{ $description "Returns true if an SQL spec is a relation." } ;
 
 HELP: unknown-modifier
 { $values { "modifier" string } }