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@@ -129,16 +129,13 @@ Environment
 RTV will respect the following environment variables when accessing external programs
 
 ``$BROWSER``
-  | Submission links will be opened inside of your web browser.
-  | On most systems the default web browser will open in a new window. If you prefer the complete terminal experience, try using a console-based web browser (`w3m <http://w3m.sourceforge.net/>`_, `lynx <http://lynx.isc.org/>`_, and `elinks <http://elinks.or.cz/>`_ are all good choices).
+  Submission links will be opened inside of your web browser. On most systems, the default web browser will pop up in a new window. If you prefer the complete terminal experience, try using a console-based web browser (`w3m <http://w3m.sourceforge.net/>`_, `lynx <http://lynx.isc.org/>`_, and `elinks <http://elinks.or.cz/>`_ are all good choices).
 ``$PAGER``
-  | Extra long comments and submissions wil be viewed through the system pager.
+  Extra long comments and submissions can be opened using the system's pager.
 ``$RTV_EDITOR``
- | Compose posts and replying to comments is done using your preferred text editor.
- | If not specified, the default system ``$EDITOR`` (or `nano <https://www.nano-editor.org/>`_) will be used.
+  Composing posts and replying to comments is done using your preferred text editor. If not specified, the default system ``$EDITOR`` (or *nano*) will be used.
 ``$RTV_URLVIEWER``
- | A url viewer can be used to extract links from inside of comments.
- | `urlview <https://github.com/sigpipe/urlview>`_ and `urlscan <https://github.com/firecat53/urlscan>`_ are known to be compatible. These applications don't come pre-installed, but are available through most systems' package managers.
+ A url viewer is a tool that can be used to extract hyperlinks from inside of blocks of text. `urlview <https://github.com/sigpipe/urlview>`_ and `urlscan <https://github.com/firecat53/urlscan>`_ are known to be compatible with rtv. These applications don't come pre-installed, but are available through most systems' package managers.
 
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