diff --git a/docs/design.rst b/docs/design.rst
index ee83840e..f0f7126d 100644
--- a/docs/design.rst
+++ b/docs/design.rst
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ things (:ref:`app-factories`).
 The Routing System
 ------------------
 
-Flask uses the Werkzeug routing system which has was designed to
+Flask uses the Werkzeug routing system which was designed to
 automatically order routes by complexity.  This means that you can declare
 routes in arbitrary order and they will still work as expected.  This is a
 requirement if you want to properly implement decorator based routing
diff --git a/docs/patterns/urlprocessors.rst b/docs/patterns/urlprocessors.rst
index 778a5a6b..3f65d758 100644
--- a/docs/patterns/urlprocessors.rst
+++ b/docs/patterns/urlprocessors.rst
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ dictionary and put it somewhere else::
     def pull_lang_code(endpoint, values):
         g.lang_code = values.pop('lang_code', None)
 
-That way you no longer have to do the `lang_code` assigment to
+That way you no longer have to do the `lang_code` assignment to
 :data:`~flask.g` in every function.  You can further improve that by
 writing your own decorator that prefixes URLs with the language code, but
 the more beautiful solution is using a blueprint.  Once the
diff --git a/docs/quickstart.rst b/docs/quickstart.rst
index f79a991f..b455e070 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/quickstart.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ So what did that code do?
 5. Finally we use the :meth:`~flask.Flask.run` function to run the local server
    with our application.  The ``if __name__ == '__main__':`` makes sure the
    server only runs if the script is executed directly from the Python
-   interpreter and not used as imported module.
+   interpreter and not used as an imported module.
 
 To stop the server, hit control-C.
 
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ Variable Rules
 ``````````````
 
 To add variable parts to a URL you can mark these special sections as
-``<variable_name>``.  Such a part is then passed as keyword argument to your
-function.  Optionally a converter can be specified by specifying a rule with
+``<variable_name>``.  Such a part is then passed as a keyword argument to your
+function.  Optionally a converter can be used by specifying a rule with
 ``<converter:variable_name>``.  Here are some nice examples::
 
     @app.route('/user/<username>')
@@ -191,10 +191,10 @@ The following converters exist:
    rather like the pathname of a file on UNIX-like systems. Accessing the URL
    with a trailing slash will produce a 404 "Not Found" error.
 
-   This behavior allows relative URLs to continue working if users access the
-   page when they forget a trailing slash, consistent with how Apache
-   and other servers work.  Also, the URLs will stay unique, which helps search
-   engines avoid indexing the same page twice.
+   This behavior allows relative URLs to continue working even if the trailing
+   slash is ommited, consistent with how Apache and other servers work.  Also, 
+   the URLs will stay unique, which helps search engines avoid indexing the 
+   same page twice.
 
 
 .. _url-building:
diff --git a/flask/json.py b/flask/json.py
index a85bdc63..f25b11b1 100644
--- a/flask/json.py
+++ b/flask/json.py
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ def jsonify(*args, **kwargs):
     to this function are the same as to the :class:`dict` constructor.
 
     Example usage::
+    
+        from flask import jsonify
 
         @app.route('/_get_current_user')
         def get_current_user():
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4a9182b9..2f9c95ca 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ intentions. And before you ask: It's BSD licensed!
 Flask is Fun
 ````````````
 
-::
+.. code:: python
 
     from flask import Flask
     app = Flask(__name__)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Flask is Fun
 And Easy to Setup
 `````````````````
 
-::
+.. code:: bash
 
     $ pip install Flask
     $ python hello.py