diff --git a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
index 6b4365501411b29650723681e5af3481df6ded00..1cb7936ffd0a4d9b0573f7468caf9e0c819c364f 100644
--- a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+++ b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Our Pledge
 
 In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as
-contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and
+contributors and maintainers pledge to make participation in our project and
 our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
 size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level of experience,
 nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and
diff --git a/Contributors.md b/Contributors.md
index 64932ad161c9a574ea19b04bd08f344a3dcfdff3..705c2105f33a60da29a2430bc711e090106c9a70 100644
--- a/Contributors.md
+++ b/Contributors.md
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@
 - [Jon Johnson] (https://github.com/jonjohnson34)
 - [Brandon Brigance] (https://github.com/b-random)
 - [Jaspreet Singh] (https://github.com/singh19196)
+- [ ajborka ]( https://www.github.com/ajborka )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa63a97d3dd0e98a96630ed0d2be6da53a325c0b..a4def0a7dcce3ef207f5fbf9193a5f24be9c6277 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,96 +6,91 @@ If you don't have git on your machine, [ install it ]( https://help.github.com/a
 
 Fork this repo by clicking on the fork button
 
-<img style="float: right;" width="300" src="assets/fork.png">
+<img style="float: right;" width="300" src="assets/fork.png" alt="fork this repository" />
 
-Now clone this repo to your machine. Click on clone button and then copy to clipboard icon
+Now clone this repo to your machine. Click on the clone button and then the copy to clipboard icon
 
-<img style="float: right;" width="300" src="assets/clone.png">
-<img style="float: right;" width="300" src="assets/copy-to-clipboard.png">
+<img style="float: right;" width="300" src="assets/clone.png" alt="clone this repository" />
+<img style="float: right;" width="300" src="assets/copy-to-clipboard.png" alt="copy URL to clipboard" />
 
-Open a terminal and run
+## Clone the repository
+
+Open a terminal and run the following git command:
 
 ```
-git clone <url you just copied>
+git clone "url you just copied"
 ```
-Where the url can be pasted from clipboard
-For example
+Where "url you just copied" (without the quote marks) is the url to this repository. See the previous steps to obtain the url.
+
+For example:
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/this-is-you/first-contributions.git
 ```
-Here you're copying the contents of first-contributions repository in github to your computer
+Where 'this-is-you' is your github username. Here you're copying the contents of first-contributions repository in github to your computer
 
-Go in to that directory
+Change to the repository directory on your computer if you are not already there.
 
 ```
 cd first-contributions
 ```
 
-Now create a branch using `git checkout command`
+## Checking out the project and creating a branch
 
+Now create a branch using `git checkout command`
 ```
 git checkout -b <add-your-name>
 ```
-For example
+
+For example:
 ```
 git checkout -b add-alonzo-church
 ```
 
-Now open `Contributors.md` file in a text editor and add your name to it, save the file
-
-If you go to the project directory and do `git status`, you'll see there are changes
-
-Add those change using `git add`
+## Commit files
 
+Now open `Contributors.md` file in a text editor and add your name to it, then save the file. If you go to the project directory and do `git status`, you'll see there are changes. Add those changes using `git add`
 ```
 git add Contributors.md
 ```
 
 Now commit those changes using `git commit`
-
 ```
 git commit -m "Add <your-name> to Contributors list"
 ```
 replace `<your-name>` with your name
-
+## Pushing the changes to github
 Push your changes using `git push`
-
 ```
 git push origin <add-your-name>
 ```
 Replace `<add-your-name>` with the name of the branch you created earlier
 
-If you go to your repo on github, you'll see a button to open a pull request. click on that button
+## Submitting your changes for review
+If you go to your repository on github, you'll see a button to open a pull request. click on that button.
 
-<img style="float: right;" src="assets/compare-and-pull.png">
+<img style="float: right;" src="assets/compare-and-pull.png" alt="create a pull request" />
 
-Now submit the pull request 
+Now submit the pull request.
 
-<img style="float: right;" src="assets/submit-pull.png">
+<img style="float: right;" src="assets/submit-pull.png" alt="submit pull request" />
 
-### Keeping your fork synced with this repo
-
-Now I'll be merging all your changes in to master branch of this project.
-Then your fork won't have those changes. In order to keep your fork synced with mine,
-
-Add my repo's url as `upstream remote url`
+## Keeping your fork synced with this repository
 
+Now I'll be merging all your changes into the master branch of this project. Your fork won't have those changes. In order to keep your fork synced with mine, add my repo's url as `upstream remote url`.
 ```
 git remote add upstream https://github.com/Roshanjossey/first-contributions
 ```
-This is a way of telling git that another version of this project exists in the specified url and we're calling it master.
-
+This is a way of telling git that another version of this project exists in the specified url and we're calling it master. Once the changes are merged, fetch the new version of my repository.
 ```
 git fetch upstream
 ```
-Here we're fetching all the changes in my fork (upstream remote)
 
+Here we're fetching all the changes in my fork (upstream remote). Now, you need to merge the new revision of my repository into your master branch.
 ```
 git rebase upstream/master
 ```
-Here you're applying all the changes you fetched to master branch.
-If you push master branch now, your fork will also have the changes
+Here you're applying all the changes you fetched to master branch. If you push master branch now, your fork will also have the changes
 ```
 git push origin master
 ```
-Notice here you're pushing to the remote named origin
+Notice here you're pushing to the remote named origin.