diff --git a/collectd.changes b/collectd.changes
index 8aea2b6..ac1e008 100644
--- a/collectd.changes
+++ b/collectd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May 25 07:31:25 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Trim filler wording from descriptions, resolve orthographic
+  errors, and shorten a find–delete call.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May  6 15:29:29 UTC 2017 - benoit.monin@gmx.fr
 
diff --git a/collectd.spec b/collectd.spec
index b5a3d98..a31646a 100644
--- a/collectd.spec
+++ b/collectd.spec
@@ -287,11 +287,9 @@ BuildRequires:  libxtables-devel
 %endif
 
 %description
-collectd is a small daemon written in C for performance.  It reads various
-system  statistics  and updates  RRD files,  creating  them if necessary.
-Since the daemon doesn't need to startup every time it wants to update the
-files it's very fast and easy on the system. Also, the statistics are very
-fine grained since the files are updated every 10 seconds.
+collectd is a daemon (written in C) that reads various system
+statistics and updates RRD files. Statistics are very fine grained
+with an update interval of 10 seconds.
 
 %package web
 Summary:        Web Frontend for watching the %{name} Statistics
@@ -337,7 +335,7 @@ Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description plugin-notify-desktop
 Desktop Notification Support for %{name} allow you to receive 
-message delivered on your desktop.
+message delivery on your desktop.
 %endif #libnotify
 
 %if %{ipmi}
@@ -348,7 +346,7 @@ Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description plugin-ipmi
 Optional %{name} plugin to monitor sensors using the OpenIPMI
-library, for IPMI enabled systems.
+library for IPMI enabled systems.
 %endif #ipmi
 
 %if %{snmp}
@@ -475,7 +473,7 @@ Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description plugin-smart
 Optional %{name} plugin to monitor Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
-Technology (SMART) information from hard disk drives.
+Technology (SMART) information from disk drives.
 
 %package plugin-lua
 Summary:        Lua API for %{name}
@@ -484,10 +482,10 @@ Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       lua
 
 %description plugin-lua
-Optional %{name} lua API in order to write %{name} plugins in lua.
+Optional %{name} Lua API in order to write %{name} plugins in Lua.
 
 %package plugin-gps
-Summary:        Gpsd Mnitoring Plugin for %{name}
+Summary:        gpsd monitoring plugin for %{name}
 Group:          System/Monitoring
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 
@@ -540,7 +538,7 @@ Requires:       %{name}-plugin-pinba = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description plugins-all
 Metapackage that installs %{name} and all the available
-monitoring plugin subpackages, except %{name}-plugin-xmms
+monitoring plugin subpackages, except %{name}-plugin-xmms.
 
 %package spamassassin
 Summary:        Spamassassin Monitoring for %{name}
@@ -777,7 +775,7 @@ install -D -m0755 contrib/snmp-probe-host.px "%{buildroot}%{_bindir}/collectd-sn
 rm contrib/snmp-probe-host.px
 install -d "%{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1"
 
-find contrib/ -name '*.orig' -exec rm {} \;
+find contrib/ -name '*.orig' -delete
 
 %if !%{with_pgsql}
 rm -f "%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/collectd/postgresql_default.conf"
@@ -795,7 +793,7 @@ for plugin in %{plugins}; do
      done
 done
 
-cat<<EOF >README.plugins-all
+cat <<EOF >README.plugins-all
 This package is empty but depends on all collectd plugin subpackages.
 EOF