diff --git a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.admin.inc b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.admin.inc
index 77c5d74bd4203edb92a54eeefd7517c30ed14510..b045d8e5b5de6a604dd77d8e8c77f981d9570774 100644
--- a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.admin.inc
+++ b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.admin.inc
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ function taxonomy_form_vocabulary($form, &$form_state, $edit = array()) {
   );
   $form['machine_name'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
-    '#title' => t('Machine readable name'),
+    '#title' => t('Machine-readable name'),
     '#default_value' => $edit['machine_name'],
     '#maxlength' => 255,
-    '#description' => t('The unique machine readable name for this vocabulary, used for theme templates, can only contain lowercase letters, numbers and underscores.'),
+    '#description' => t('The unique machine-readable name for this vocabulary, used for theme templates. Can only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores.'),
     '#required' => TRUE,
     '#attached' => array(
       'js' => array(drupal_get_path('module', 'system') . '/system.js', $js_settings),
diff --git a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
index 24d8fcfdf8e0213651b253151eb3f3012f3e8bd9..226008e2e1024ac1bf7094389ff09a232bcf7eae 100644
--- a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
+++ b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
@@ -45,14 +45,12 @@ function taxonomy_help($path, $arg) {
       $vocabulary = taxonomy_vocabulary_load($arg[3]);
       switch ($vocabulary->hierarchy) {
         case 0:
-          return '<p>' . t('You can reorganize the terms in %capital_name using their drag and drop handles, and group terms under a parent term by sliding them under and to the right of the parent.', array('%capital_name' => drupal_ucfirst($vocabulary->name), '%name' => $vocabulary->name)) . '</p>';
+          return '<p>' . t('You can reorganize the terms in %capital_name using their drag-and-drop handles, and group terms under a parent term by sliding them under and to the right of the parent.', array('%capital_name' => drupal_ucfirst($vocabulary->name), '%name' => $vocabulary->name)) . '</p>';
         case 1:
-          return '<p>' . t('%capital_name contains terms grouped with parent terms. You can reorganize the terms in %capital_name using their drag and drop handles.', array('%capital_name' => drupal_ucfirst($vocabulary->name), '%name' => $vocabulary->name)) . '</p>';
+          return '<p>' . t('%capital_name contains terms grouped under parent terms. You can reorganize the terms in %capital_name using their drag-and-drop handles.', array('%capital_name' => drupal_ucfirst($vocabulary->name), '%name' => $vocabulary->name)) . '</p>';
         case 2:
-          return '<p>' . t('%capital_name contains terms with multiple parents. Drag and drop of terms with multiple parents is not supported, but you can re-enable drag and drop support by editing each term to include only a single parent.', array('%capital_name' => drupal_ucfirst($vocabulary->name))) . '</p>';
+          return '<p>' . t('%capital_name contains terms with multiple parents. Drag and drop of terms with multiple parents is not supported, but you can re-enable drag-and-drop support by editing each term to include only a single parent.', array('%capital_name' => drupal_ucfirst($vocabulary->name))) . '</p>';
       }
-    case 'admin/structure/taxonomy/add':
-      return '<p>' . t('To create a new taxonomy vocabulary, type in a name and a description.') . '</p>';
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc
index 999a2131a0f1de9bbce2d56f32fa47a0fb900d4b..e4987e52b9614a3efcab803244230bd7f7ab5c7b 100644
--- a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc
+++ b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function taxonomy_term_page($term) {
   else {
     $build['no_content'] = array(
       '#prefix' => '<p>',
-      '#markup' => t('There are currently no posts in this category.'),
+      '#markup' => t('There is currently no content classified with this term.'),
       '#suffix' => '</p>',
     );
   }