diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md
index f838b97be70a..f44848ecff70 100644
--- a/GOVERNANCE.md
+++ b/GOVERNANCE.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The community self-organizes using the roles described below.
 
 ## Roles
 ### Contributors
-Contributors are people who contribute there work to RIOT.
+Contributors are people who contribute their work to RIOT.
 This includes,
 
 - of course, code contributions, but also
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ This includes,
 - participation in technical as well as non-technical discussions, or
 - organizational considerations.
 
-Code contributions are very welcome, but in order to streamline and harmonize code quality, contributors must follow the [contributing guidelines].
+Code contributions are very welcome.
+In order to streamline and harmonize code quality, contributors must follow the [contributing guidelines].
 
 
 ### Maintainers
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ Maintainers who are selected will be
 
 - invited to the [maintainers GitHub team] by one of the admins of the RIOT project, which grants them the necessary GitHub rights,
 - invited to the maintainer forum group by the forum moderators, which will give them access to the (private) maintainer part of the forum, and
-- invited to the private RIOT-maintainer chat room by one of the moderators of that room, for more informal exchanges between maintainers.
+- invited to the RIOT-maintainer chat room by one of the moderators of that room, for more informal exchanges between maintainers.
 
 #### Removing a Maintainer
 
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ They are picked by the maintainers, usually based on seniority.
 The maintainers try to take care to spread the admin responsibility over several organizations within the maintainer body.
 
 There are also admins on the other RIOT discussion platforms. Beyond technical administrative duties they do not have any special rights.
-These admins usually are appointed or self-appointed on merrit, i.e., whoever sets up the platform usually is (one of) its admin(s).
+These admins usually are appointed or self-appointed on merit, i.e., whoever sets up the platform usually is (one of) its admin(s).
 
 ### GitHub Owners
 Github owners are a special subgroup among RIOT GitHub admins.