diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a100c1c58..ee3859aa5 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ This is borg2!
Please note that this is the README for borg2 / master branch.
-For the stable version's docs, please see there:
+For the stable version's docs, please see here:
https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ next-beta upgrade code, so you will have to delete and re-create repos).
Thus, **DO NOT USE BORG2 FOR YOUR PRODUCTION BACKUPS!** Please help with
testing it, but set it up *additionally* to your production backups.
-TODO: the screencasts need a remake using borg2, see there:
+TODO: the screencasts need a remake using borg2, see here:
https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/6303
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ See the `installation manual`_ or, if you have already
downloaded Borg, ``docs/installation.rst`` to get started with Borg.
There is also an `offline documentation`_ available, in multiple formats.
-.. _installation manual: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/en/stable/installation.html
+.. _installation manual: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/master/installation.html
.. _offline documentation: https://readthedocs.org/projects/borgbackup/downloads
Main features
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Main features
authenticity.
**Obfuscation**
- Optionally, borg can actively obfuscate e.g. the size of files / chunks to
+ Optionally, Borg can actively obfuscate, e.g., the size of files/chunks to
make fingerprinting attacks more difficult.
**Compression**
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ Main features
* lzma (low speed, high compression)
**Off-site backups**
- Borg can store data on any remote host accessible over SSH. If Borg is
- installed on the remote host, big performance gains can be achieved
- compared to using a network filesystem (sshfs, nfs, ...).
+ Borg can store data on any remote host accessible over SSH. If Borg is
+ installed on the remote host, significant performance gains can be achieved
+ compared to using a network file system (sshfs, NFS, ...).
-**Backups mountable as filesystems**
- Backup archives are mountable as userspace filesystems for easy interactive
- backup examination and restores (e.g. by using a regular file manager).
+**Backups mountable as file systems**
+ Backup archives are mountable as user-space file systems for easy interactive
+ backup examination and restores (e.g., by using a regular file manager).
**Easy installation on multiple platforms**
We offer single-file binaries that do not require installing anything -
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Main features
* FreeBSD
* OpenBSD and NetBSD (no xattrs/ACLs support or binaries yet)
* Cygwin (experimental, no binaries yet)
- * Linux Subsystem of Windows 10 (experimental)
+ * Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows 10/11 (experimental)
**Free and Open Source Software**
* security and functionality can be audited independently
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Create a new backup archive::
$ borg create Monday1 ~/Documents
-Now doing another backup, just to show off the great deduplication::
+Now do another backup, just to show off the great deduplication::
$ borg create -v --stats Monday2 ~/Documents
Repository: /path/to/repo
@@ -144,31 +144,31 @@ Now doing another backup, just to show off the great deduplication::
Deduplicated size: 520 B
-Helping, Donations and Bounties, becoming a Patron
+Helping, donations and bounties, becoming a Patron
--------------------------------------------------
Your help is always welcome!
Spread the word, give feedback, help with documentation, testing or development.
-You can also give monetary support to the project, see there for details:
+You can also give monetary support to the project, see here for details:
https://www.borgbackup.org/support/fund.html
Links
-----
-* `Main Web Site `_
+* `Main website `_
* `Releases `_,
`PyPI packages `_ and
- `ChangeLog `_
-* `Offline Documentation `_
+ `Changelog `_
+* `Offline documentation `_
* `GitHub `_ and
- `Issue Tracker `_.
-* `Web-Chat (IRC) `_ and
- `Mailing List `_
-* `License `_
-* `Security contact `_
+ `Issue tracker `_.
+* `Web chat (IRC) `_ and
+ `Mailing list `_
+* `License `_
+* `Security contact `_
Compatibility notes
-------------------
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ CHANGES (like when going from 0.x.y to 1.0.0 or from 1.x.y to 2.0.0).
NOT RELEASED DEVELOPMENT VERSIONS HAVE UNKNOWN COMPATIBILITY PROPERTIES.
-THIS IS SOFTWARE IN DEVELOPMENT, DECIDE YOURSELF WHETHER IT FITS YOUR NEEDS.
+THIS IS SOFTWARE IN DEVELOPMENT, DECIDE FOR YOURSELF WHETHER IT FITS YOUR NEEDS.
Security issues should be reported to the `Security contact`_ (or
see ``docs/support.rst`` in the source distribution).
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ see ``docs/support.rst`` in the source distribution).
|doc| |build| |coverage| |bestpractices|
-.. |doc| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/borgbackup/badge/?version=stable
+.. |doc| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/borgbackup/badge/?version=master
:alt: Documentation
- :target: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/en/stable/
+ :target: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/master/
.. |build| image:: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/workflows/CI/badge.svg?branch=master
:alt: Build Status (master)