diff --git a/src/asciidoc/web-mvc.adoc b/src/asciidoc/web-mvc.adoc
index 80858a547c..2b42dcfca1 100644
--- a/src/asciidoc/web-mvc.adoc
+++ b/src/asciidoc/web-mvc.adoc
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ implementations is ignored.
 In <<mvc-config>> you'll learn about other options for configuring Spring MVC including
 MVC Java config and the MVC XML namespace both of which provide a simple starting point
 and assume little knowledge of how Spring MVC works. Regardless of how you choose to
-configure your application, the concepts explained in this section are fundamental
+configure your application, the concepts explained in this section are fundamental and
 should be of help to you.
 
 
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ are effective at preventing RFD attacks.
 
 For comprehensive protection against RFD, prior to rendering the response body
 Spring MVC adds a `Content-Disposition:inline;filename=f.txt` header to
-suggest a fixed and safe download file filename. This is done only if the URL
+suggest a fixed and safe download file. This is done only if the URL
 path contains a file extension that is neither whitelisted nor explicitly
 registered for content negotiation purposes. However it may potentially have
 side effects when URLs are typed directly into a browser.
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ The following are the supported method arguments:
 
 * Request or response objects (Servlet API). Choose any specific request or response
   type, for example `ServletRequest` or `HttpServletRequest`.
-* Session object (Servlet API): of type `HttpSession`. An argument of this type enforces
+* Session object (Servlet API) of type `HttpSession`. An argument of this type enforces
   the presence of a corresponding session. As a consequence, such an argument is never
   `null`.
 
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ this working you have to reorder the parameters as follows:
 [NOTE]
 ====
 JDK 1.8's `java.util.Optional` is supported as a method parameter type with annotations
-that have a `required` attribute (e.g. `@RequestParam`, `@RequestHeader`, etc. The use
+that have a `required` attribute (e.g. `@RequestParam`, `@RequestHeader`, etc). The use
 of `java.util.Optional` in those cases is equivalent to having `required=false`.
 ====
 
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ the MVC namespace or the MVC Java config see <<mvc-config-enable>> instead.
 				<ref bean="stringHttpMessageConverter"/>
 				<ref bean="marshallingHttpMessageConverter"/>
 			</util:list>
-		</property
+		</property>
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="stringHttpMessageConverter"
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ so:
 ----
 	@RequestMapping("/something")
 	public ResponseEntity<String> handle(HttpEntity<byte[]> requestEntity) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
-		String requestHeader = requestEntity.getHeaders().getFirst("MyRequestHeader"));
+		String requestHeader = requestEntity.getHeaders().getFirst("MyRequestHeader");
 		byte[] requestBody = requestEntity.getBody();
 
 		// do something with request header and body
@@ -2655,7 +2655,7 @@ The following example shows how to configure an interceptor:
 				<bean class="example.MyInterceptor"/>
 			</property>
 		</bean>
-	<beans>
+	</beans>
 ----