diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 619e77e01..d33bcd335 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Thank you for your interest in contributing. We greatly value feedback and contributions, whether that's
 an issue, bug fix, new feature or document change. All contributions are welcome, and no change is too small, even if
-its just a typo fix.
+it's just a typo fix.
 
 To get familiar with the project, have a look at the READMEs of each crate.
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ guidance.
 
 ### Tests and formatting
 
-If the proposed change alters the code, tests should updated to ensure that no regressions are made. Any new features 
+If the proposed change alters the code, tests should update to ensure that no regressions are made. Any new features 
 need to have thorough testing before they are merged. 
 
 We also use [clippy] and [rustfmt] for code style, linting and formatting.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6eca98c69..ba3bc122c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A **server** implementation of the [htsget protocol][htsget-protocol] for bioinf
 [actix-web]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web
 [criterion-rs]: https://github.com/bheisler/criterion.rs
 
-## Quick start
+## Quickstart
 
 To run a local instance htsget-rs, run [htsget-axum]:
 
diff --git a/htsget-actix/README.md b/htsget-actix/README.md
index 867a1f314..c68665fb3 100644
--- a/htsget-actix/README.md
+++ b/htsget-actix/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 [actions-url]: https://github.com/umccr/htsget-rs/actions?query=workflow%3Atests+branch%3Amain
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]  
-> The functionality of [htsget-axum] is identical to this crate and it is recommended for all
+> The functionality of [htsget-axum] is identical to this crate, and it is recommended for all
 > projects to use [htsget-axum] instead.
 > 
 > This crate will be maintained to preserve backwards compatibility, however [htsget-axum] is
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ This crate is used for running a local instance of htsget-rs. It is based on:
 
 [htsget-http]: ../htsget-http
 
-## Quick start
+## Quickstart
 
 Launch a server instance:
 
diff --git a/htsget-axum/README.md b/htsget-axum/README.md
index 3678d75ec..0311e9a7d 100644
--- a/htsget-axum/README.md
+++ b/htsget-axum/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ This crate is used for running a server instance of htsget-rs. It is based on:
 
 [htsget-http]: ../htsget-http
 
-## Quick start
+## Quickstart
 
 Launch a server instance:
 
diff --git a/htsget-config/README.md b/htsget-config/README.md
index 72b1ce1e8..4f9ec7d27 100644
--- a/htsget-config/README.md
+++ b/htsget-config/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Any config options set by environment variables override values in the config fi
 
 The configuration consists of TOML tables, such as config for the ticket server, data server, service-info, or resolvers.
 
-As a starting point, see the [basic TOML][basic] example file which should work for many use cases.
+As a starting point, see the [basic TOML][basic] example file which should work for many use-cases.
 
 #### Ticket server config
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ To create a resolver, add a `[[resolvers]]` array of tables, and set the followi
 | `substitution_string` | The replacement expression used to map the matched query ID. This has access to the match groups in the `regex` option. | String with access to capture groups  | `'$0'`  |
 
 For example, below is a `regex` option which matches a `/` between two groups, and inserts an additional `data`
-inbetween the groups with the `substitution_string`.
+in between the groups with the `substitution_string`.
 
 ```toml
 [[resolvers]]
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ There is experimental support for serving [Crypt4GH][c4gh] encrypted files. This
 `experimental` feature flag.
 
 This allows htsget-rs to read Crypt4GH files and serve them encrypted, directly to the client. In the process of
-serving the data, htsget-rs will decrypt the headers of the Crypt4GH files and reencrypt them so that the client can read
+serving the data, htsget-rs will decrypt the headers of the Crypt4GH files and re-encrypt them so that the client can read
 them. When the client receives byte ranges from htsget-rs and concatenates them, the output bytes will be Crypt4GH encrypted,
 and will need to be decrypted before they can be read. All file formats (BAM, CRAM, VCF, and BCF) are supported using Crypt4GH.
 
diff --git a/htsget-search/README.md b/htsget-search/README.md
index 51c8f8d37..a849a3d42 100644
--- a/htsget-search/README.md
+++ b/htsget-search/README.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Since this crate is used to query file data, it is the most performance critical
 cargo bench -p htsget-search --all-features
 ```
 
-Alternatively if you are using `cargo-criterion` and want a machine readable JSON output, run:
+Alternatively if you are using `cargo-criterion` and want a machine-readable JSON output, run:
 
 ```sh
 cargo criterion --bench search-benchmarks --message-format=json -- LIGHT 1> search-benchmarks.json