diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30c7e052..38052c76 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ $ git config --global color.ui auto
 Login using your **git.rhrk** account. Fork the repository by clicking in
 **Fork** in the upper-right corner of this page.
 
-Now clone **your fork** of the official repository into a local folder in
-computer. Replace the word **user** with your own RHRK user name. Note that it
-appears two times in the line below.
+Now clone **your fork** of the official repository into a local folder on your
+computer. Replace the occurrences of the word **user** with your own RHRK user
+name. **Note that it appears twice in the line below**.
 
 ``` bash
 $ git clone --recursive https://user@git.rhrk.uni-kl.de/user/dram.vp.system.git
@@ -65,8 +65,12 @@ $ git remote add upstream https://user@git.rhrk.uni-kl.de/EIT-Wehn/dram.vp.syste
 $ git remote -v
 ```
 
-Also, after a pull request being accepted and merged into the official
-repository you should get your fork updated.
+In general, from time to time you should update your fork in order to keep it
+synchronized with the official repository. It is important to keep track of
+the evolution of the official repository and avoid a huge divergence.
+
+To get the latest changes from the official repository merged into your fork
+you can use the commands that follow:
 
 ``` bash
 $ git fetch upstream