diff --git a/reference/eio/configure.xml b/reference/eio/configure.xml
index f652c83d64..c3bfce223c 100644
--- a/reference/eio/configure.xml
+++ b/reference/eio/configure.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
  role="configure">--with-eio-shm-prm</option> are semaphore options.
  Semaphores are currently used in internal event loop implementation. The only
  thing to note is to provide unique ID for the semaphore key and sufficient
- priveleges to that. If you are not sure what these settings mean, just leave
- their defaults.
+ priveleges in order to grant read and write access to the calling processes.
+ If you are not sure what these settings mean, just rely on defaults.
  </para>
 
  <warning><simpara>Be sure that you gave read
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
    system setup). Otherwise, the internal event loop will fail.</simpara></warning>
 
 
- <para>On <emphasis>Gentoo</emphasis> you may experience problems
+ <para>On <emphasis>Gentoo</emphasis> you may have problems
  compiling(<emphasis>`make`</emphasis>) the code. If so, you've likely got output 
  similar to the following:
 <screen>
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ $ su -
 
  <note xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
   <para>
-  Always check for actual <emphasis>configure</emphasis> parameters, since
-  documentation could be sometimes outdated. E.g.:
+  It's good idea to check for actual <emphasis>configure</emphasis> parameters, since
+  documentation is not always up to date. E.g.:
 <screen>
  <![CDATA[
  $ ./configure --help | grep eio