diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2cf511d..4951d86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Install the plugin following the typical Vagrant 1.1 procedure:
 
 Usage
 -----
-To update the `/etc/hosts` file on each active machine, run the following
+To update the `hosts` file on each active machine, run the following
 command:
 
     $ vagrant hostmanager
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ command:
 The plugin hooks into the `vagrant up` and `vagrant destroy` commands
 automatically.
 When a machine enters or exits the running state , all active
-machines with the same provider will have their `/etc/hosts` file updated
+machines with the same provider will have their `hosts` file updated
 accordingly. Set the `hostmanager.enabled` attribute to `true` in the
 Vagrantfile to activate this behavior.
 
-To update the host's `/etc/hosts` file, set the `hostmanager.manage_host`
+To update the host's `hosts` file, set the `hostmanager.manage_host`
 attribute to `true`.
 
-To update the guests' `/etc/hosts` file, set the `hostmanager.manage_guest`
+To update the guests' `hosts` file, set the `hostmanager.manage_guest`
 attribute to `true`.
 
 A machine's IP address is defined by either the static IP for a private
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ config.vm.provision :hostmanager
 Custom IP resolver
 ------------------
 
-You can customize way, how host manager resolves IP address
-for each machine. This might be handy in case of aws provider,
-where host name is stored in ssh_info hash of each machine.
-This causes generation of invalid /etc/hosts file.
+You can customize how vagrant-hostmanager resolves IP address
+for each machine. This might be handy in the case of the AWS provider,
+where the host name is stored in the ssh_info hash of each machine.
+This causes a generation of an invalid `hosts` file.
 
-Custom IP resolver gives you oportunity to calculate IP address
-for each machine by yourself, giving You also access to the machine that is
-updating /etc/hosts. For example:
+A custom IP resolver gives you the oportunity to calculate IP address
+for each machine by yourself, giving you access to the machine that is
+updating `hosts`. For example:
 
 ```ruby
 config.hostmanager.ip_resolver = proc do |vm, resolving_vm|