tweak documentation
diff --git a/packages/apache-annotator/src/dom.ts b/packages/apache-annotator/src/dom.ts
index 9ab4f65..bed6c17 100644
--- a/packages/apache-annotator/src/dom.ts
+++ b/packages/apache-annotator/src/dom.ts
@@ -20,14 +20,11 @@
 
 /**
  * This module provides functions for handling annotations in the context of an
- * HTML DOM; in other words, a web page.
+ * HTML DOM; in other words, a web page.
  *
- * The main functionality is finding which selection of the web page a {@link https://www.w3.org/TR/2017/REC-annotation-model-20170223/#selectors
- * | Selector} refers to; and, vice versa, describing a selection of the page as
- * a Selector.
- *
- * The primary way to express selections in the web page is by {@link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range
- * | Range} objects.
+ * The module’s main functionality is *matching* (or *‘anchoring’*) a {@link https://www.w3.org/TR/2017/REC-annotation-model-20170223/#selectors
+ * | Selector} to the DOM, i.e. finding which piece of a web page it refers to;
+ * and, vice versa, *describing* a selection of the page as a Selector.
  *
  * @module
  */
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/css.ts b/packages/dom/src/css.ts
index 2594374..86deb91 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/css.ts
+++ b/packages/dom/src/css.ts
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@
  *
  * @param element - The element that the selector should describe.
  * @param scope - The node that serves as the ‘document’ for purposes of finding
- * a unique selector. Defaults to span the full Document that contains the
- * `element`.
+ * a unique selector. Defaults to the full Document that contains `element`.
  * @returns The selector unambiguously describing `element` within `scope`.
  */
 export async function describeCss(
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/text-position/describe.ts b/packages/dom/src/text-position/describe.ts
index ce33312..ceaa23a 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/text-position/describe.ts
+++ b/packages/dom/src/text-position/describe.ts
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
  * @param range - The {@link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range
  * | Range} whose text content will be described.
  * @param scope - A Node or Range that serves as the ‘document’ for purposes of
- * finding occurrences and determining prefix and suffix. Defaults to span the
- * full Document that contains the range.
+ * finding occurrences and determining prefix and suffix. Defaults to the full
+ * Document that contains `range`.
  * @returns The selector describing `range` within `scope`.
  *
  * @public
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/text-position/match.ts b/packages/dom/src/text-position/match.ts
index ac26caf..1f83528 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/text-position/match.ts
+++ b/packages/dom/src/text-position/match.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@
  * The function is curried, taking first the selector and then the scope.
  *
  * Its end result is an (async) generator producing a single {@link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range
- * | Range} to represent the match. (unlike a {@link
- * TextQuoteSelector}, a TextPositionSelector cannot have
- * multiple matches).
+ * | Range} to represent the match (unlike e.g. a {@link TextQuoteSelector}, a
+ * TextPositionSelector cannot have multiple matches).
  *
  * @example
  * ```
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/text-quote/describe.ts b/packages/dom/src/text-quote/describe.ts
index 727fa40..3beff26 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/text-quote/describe.ts
+++ b/packages/dom/src/text-quote/describe.ts
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
  * @param range - The {@link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range
  * | Range} whose text content will be described
  * @param scope - A Node or Range that serves as the ‘document’ for purposes of
- * finding occurrences and determining prefix and suffix. Defaults to span the
- * full Document that contains the range.
+ * finding occurrences and determining prefix and suffix. Defaults to the full
+ * Document that contains `range`.
  * @param options - Options to fine-tune the function’s behaviour.
  * @returns The selector unambiguously describing `range` within `scope`.
  *