diff --git a/host/README.md b/host/README.md
index 9faf1ff5..f2fb4785 100644
--- a/host/README.md
+++ b/host/README.md
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ sudo make install
 sudo ldconfig
 ```
 
-By defualt this will attempt to install a udev rule to `/etc/udev/rules.d` to
+By default this will attempt to install an udev rule to `/etc/udev/rules.d` to
 provide the `usb` or `plugdev` group access to HackRF. If your setup requires
 the udev rule to be installed elsewhere you can modify the path with
 `-DUDEV_RULES_PATH=/path/to/udev`.
 
-Note: The udev rule is not installed for by default for PyBOMBS installs as
+Note: The udev rule is not installed by default for PyBOMBS installs as
 they do not ususally get installed with root privileges.
 
 ## Clean CMake temporary files/dirs:
@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ rm -rf *
 ```
 
 ## How to build host software on Windows:
-### Prerequisites for cygwin, mingw, or Visual Studio:
+### Prerequisites for Cygwin, MinGW, or Visual Studio:
 
 * cmake-2.8.12.1 or later from http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
 * libusbx-1.0.18 or later from http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusbx/files/latest/download?source=files
 * fftw-3.3.5 or later from http://www.fftw.org/install/windows.html
 * Install Windows driver for HackRF hardware or use Zadig see http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwdi/files/zadig
-  - If you want to use Zadig  select HackRF USB device and just install/replace it with WinUSB driver.
+  - If you want to use Zadig select HackRF USB device and just install/replace it with WinUSB driver.
 
 >**Note for Windows build:**
- You shall always execute hackrf-tools from Windows command shell and not from Cygwin or Mingw shell because on Cygwin/Mingw
+ You shall always execute hackrf-tools from Windows command shell and not from Cygwin or MinGW shell because on Cygwin/MinGW
  Ctrl C is not managed correctly and especially for hackrf_transfer the Ctrl C(abort) will not stop correctly and will corrupt the file.
 
 ### For Cygwin:
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ c:\hackrf\host\build> cmake ../ -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" \
 -DFFTW_LIBRARIES=C:\fftw-3.3.5-dll64\libfftw3f-3.lib
 ```
 
-Cmake will produce a solution file named `HackRF.sln` and a series of
+CMake will produce a solution file named `HackRF.sln` and a series of
 project files which can be built with msbuild as follows:
 `c:\hackrf\host\build> msbuild HackRF.sln`