diff --git a/docs/releases/1.3-alpha-2.txt b/docs/releases/1.3-alpha-2.txt
index 4f71564630..3403c6e8d9 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.3-alpha-2.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.3-alpha-2.txt
@@ -19,24 +19,24 @@ What's new in Django 1.3 alpha 2
 Further tweaks to the staticfiles app
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Django 1.3 ships with a new contrib app ``'django.contrib.staticfiles'``
-to help developers handle the static media files (images, CSS, Javascript,
+Django 1.3 ships with a new contrib app :mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`
+to help developers handle the static media files (images, CSS, JavaScript,
 etc.) that are needed to render a complete web page.
 
-``staticfiles`` ships with the ability to automatically serve static files
-during development (if the :setting:`DEBUG` is ``True``) when using the
-:djadmin:`runserver` management command. Based on feedback from the
-community this release adds two new options to the ``runserver`` command
-to modify this behaviour:
+The :mod:`~django.contrib.staticfiles` app ships with the ability to
+automatically serve static files during development (if the :setting:`DEBUG`
+setting is ``True``) when using the :djadmin:`runserver` management command.
+Based on feedback from the community this release adds two new options to the
+:djadmin:`runserver` command to modify this behaviour:
 
-    * ``--nostatic``: prevents the ``runserver`` command from serving files
-      completely
+    * ``--nostatic``: prevents the :djadmin:`runserver` command from serving
+      files completely.
 
-    * ``--insecure``: enables serving of static files even if stupidly
-      running in with :setting:`DEBUG` set to False
+    * ``--insecure``: enables serving of static files even if running with
+      :setting:`DEBUG` set to False. (This is **not** recommended!)
 
-See the :doc:`reference documentation of the app </ref/contrib/staticfiles>`
-for more details or learn how to :doc:`manage static files
+See the :doc:`staticfiles reference documentation </ref/contrib/staticfiles>`
+for more details, or learn :doc:`how to manage static files
 </howto/static-files>`.
 
 Translation comments
@@ -61,40 +61,39 @@ Backwards-incompatible changes in 1.3 alpha 2
 Introduction of STATIC_URL and STATIC_ROOT settings
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The newly introduced :doc:`/ref/contrib/staticfiles` app extends Django's
-abilities to handle static app and project files, required the additon of
-settings to refer to those files in templates and code, especially in
-contrast to the :setting:`MEDIA_URL` and :setting:`MEDIA_ROOT` settings that
-refer to user-uploaded files.
+The newly introduced :mod:`~django.contrib.staticfiles` app -- which extends
+Django's abilities to handle static files for apps and projects -- required the
+additon of two new settings to refer to those files in templates and code,
+especially in contrast to the :setting:`MEDIA_URL` and :setting:`MEDIA_ROOT`
+settings that refer to user-uploaded files.
 
 Prior to 1.3 alpha 2 these settings were called ``STATICFILES_URL`` and
-``STATICFILES_ROOT`` to follow the naming scheme for app centric settings.
+``STATICFILES_ROOT`` to follow the naming scheme for app-centric settings.
 Based on feedback from the community it became apparent that those settings
-created confusion, especially given the fact handling static files is also
-desired outside the use of the optional ``staticfiles`` app.
+created confusion, especially given the fact that handling static files is also
+desired outside the use of the optional :mod:`~django.contrib.staticfiles` app.
 
-As a result, we take the followig steps to rectify the issue:
+As a result, we took the following steps to rectify the issue:
 
-  * Two new global settings that will be used by -- **but are not limited
-    to** -- the :doc:`staticfiles</ref/contrib/staticfiles>` app:
+  * Two new global settings were added that will be used by, **but are not
+    limited to**, the :doc:`staticfiles</ref/contrib/staticfiles>` app:
 
     * :setting:`STATIC_ROOT` (formally ``STATICFILES_ROOT``)
 
     * :setting:`STATIC_URL` (formally ``STATICFILES_URL``)
 
-  * Moving the
-    ``django.contrib.staticfiles.templatetags.staticfiles.get_staticfiles_prefix``
-    template tag to the core (``django.templatetags.static``) and renaming
-    it to :ttag:`get_static_prefix`.
+  * The ``django.contrib.staticfiles.templatetags.staticfiles.get_staticfiles_prefix``
+    template tag was moved to Django's core (``django.templatetags.static``) and
+    renamed to :ttag:`get_static_prefix`.
 
-  * Moving the context processor
-    ``django.contrib.staticfiles.context_processors.staticfiles`` to the
-    core (``django.core.context_processors.static``) and renaming it to
+  * The ``django.contrib.staticfiles.context_processors.staticfiles`` 
+    context processor was moved to Django's core
+    (``django.core.context_processors.static``) and renamed to
     :func:`~django.core.context_processors.static`.
 
-  * :ref:`form-media-paths` will use :setting:`STATIC_URL` as the prefix
+  * :ref:`form-media-paths` now uses :setting:`STATIC_URL` as the prefix
     **if the value is not None**, and falls back to the previously used
-    :setting:`MEDIA_URL`.
+    :setting:`MEDIA_URL` setting otherwise.
 
 The Django 1.3 roadmap
 ======================