diff --git a/lib/net/http.rb b/lib/net/http.rb
index 6108b8a4ae..ccaad54f7d 100644
--- a/lib/net/http.rb
+++ b/lib/net/http.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
   #
   # Net::HTTP provides a rich library which can be used to build HTTP
   # user-agents.  For more details about HTTP see
-  # [RFC2616](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt)
+  # [RFC2616](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt).
   #
   # Net::HTTP is designed to work closely with URI.  URI::HTTP#host,
   # URI::HTTP#port and URI::HTTP#request_uri are designed to work with
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
   #
   # == How to use Net::HTTP
   #
-  # The following example code can be used as the basis of a HTTP user-agent
+  # The following example code can be used as the basis of an HTTP user-agent
   # which can perform a variety of request types using persistent
   # connections.
   #
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
   # === POST
   #
   # A POST can be made using the Net::HTTP::Post request class.  This example
-  # creates a urlencoded POST body:
+  # creates a URL encoded POST body:
   #
   #   uri = URI('http://www.example.com/todo.cgi')
   #   req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
   #     res.value
   #   end
   #
-  # To send multipart/form-data use Net::HTTPHeader#set_form
+  # To send multipart/form-data use Net::HTTPHeader#set_form:
   #
   #   req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
   #   req.set_form([['upload', File.open('foo.bar')]], 'multipart/form-data')
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
   # === Basic Authentication
   #
   # Basic authentication is performed according to
-  # [RFC2617](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2617.txt)
+  # [RFC2617](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2617.txt).
   #
   #   uri = URI('http://example.com/index.html?key=value')
   #
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
   #   end
   #
   # Or if you simply want to make a GET request, you may pass in an URI
-  # object that has a HTTPS URL. Net::HTTP automatically turn on TLS
+  # object that has an HTTPS URL. Net::HTTP automatically turns on TLS
   # verification if the URI object has a 'https' URI scheme.
   #
   #   uri = URI('https://example.com/')