diff --git a/doc/emacs/anti.texi b/doc/emacs/anti.texi
index 97110dc8cdb..f64dd104f60 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/anti.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/anti.texi
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ tool bars on the bottom.  For the same reasons @code{modifier-bar-mode}
 is now gone.
 
 @item
-The command @code{recover-file} no longer allows displaying the diffs
+The command @code{recover-file} no longer lets you display the diffs
 between a file and its auto-save file.  You either want to recover a
 file or you don't; confusing users with a third alternative when they
 are anxious already by the possibility of losing precious edits is
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 0766900a495..6c9eb0d33c6 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ in size.
 
 +++
 *** 'dired-listing-switches' handles connection-local values if exist.
-This allows customizing different switches for different remote machines.
+This allows you to customize different switches for different remote machines.
 
 ** Ediff
 
diff --git a/etc/NEWS.29 b/etc/NEWS.29
index bd893c04446..d213c4b8010 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS.29
+++ b/etc/NEWS.29
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ The intention is that this command can be used to access a wide
 variety of version control system-specific functionality from VC
 without complexifying either the VC command set or the backend API.
 
-*** 'C-x v v' in a diffs buffer allows committing only some of the changes.
+*** 'C-x v v' in a diffs buffer lets you commit only some of the changes.
 This command is intended to allow you to commit only some of the
 changes you have in your working tree.  Begin by creating a buffer
 with the changes against the last commit, e.g. with 'C-x v D'
@@ -3529,8 +3529,8 @@ The variables 'connection-local-profile-alist' and
 make it more convenient to inspect and modify them.
 
 *** New function 'connection-local-update-profile-variables'.
-This function allows modifying the settings of an existing
-connection-local profile.
+You can use this to modify the settings of an existing connection-local
+profile.
 
 *** New macro 'with-connection-local-application-variables'.
 This macro works like 'with-connection-local-variables', but it allows
@@ -4046,8 +4046,8 @@ measured will be counted for the purpose of calculating the text
 dimensions.
 
 ** 'window-text-pixel-size' understands a new meaning of FROM.
-Specifying a cons as the FROM argument allows starting the measurement
-of text from a specified amount of pixels above or below a position.
+The FROM argument can now be a cons, which means to start measuring text
+from a specified number of pixels above or below a position.
 
 ** 'window-body-width' and 'window-body-height' can use remapped faces.
 Specifying 'remap' as the PIXELWISE argument now checks if the default
diff --git a/lisp/tab-bar.el b/lisp/tab-bar.el
index 363c98d8337..718ddfd2e88 100644
--- a/lisp/tab-bar.el
+++ b/lisp/tab-bar.el
@@ -1478,8 +1478,8 @@ in the same window to give information about the killed buffer."
 
 (defun tab-bar-select-restore-windows (_frame windows _type)
   "Display a placeholder buffer in the window whose buffer was killed.
-A button in the window allows restoring the killed buffer,
-if it was visiting a file."
+There is a button in the window which you can press to restore the
+killed buffer, if that buffer was visiting a file."
   (dolist (quad windows)
     (when (window-live-p (nth 0 quad))
       (let* ((window (nth 0 quad))
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
index 4006623799b..00cef214af7 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
@@ -1452,9 +1452,9 @@ the file renames.  The downsides is that the log produced this
 way may omit certain (merge) commits, and that `log-view-diff'
 fails on commits that used the previous name, in that log buffer.
 
-When this variable is nil, and the log ends with a rename, we
-show a button below that which allows showing the log for the
-file name before the rename."
+When this variable is nil, and the log ends with a rename, there is a
+button which you can press to show the log for the file name before the
+rename."
   :type 'boolean
   :version "26.1")