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@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ KM3NeT software.
 
 The images are automatically built and pushed to the `docker.km3net.de`
 repository under the `base` namespace, which means e.g. the image for
-the `Dockerfile` `base/python:3` can used by using the URL
+the `Dockerfile` `base/python:3` can be accessed by using the URL
 `docker.km3net.de/base/python:3`.
 
-To start up container and access a shell within, use the usual `docker`
+To start up container and fire up a shell within, use the usual `docker`
 commands like:
 
     docker run -it docker.km3net.de/base/centos:7