diff --git a/build/README b/build/README
index bb3aa89b..510af89d 100644
--- a/build/README
+++ b/build/README
@@ -14,27 +14,27 @@ The build directory consists of the following files:
 PREREQUISITES
 =============
 
-To build Helma you need a software called Ant. Ant is a build system that was developed for the Jakarta Tomcat project. For more information about Ant, see <http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/>.
+The Helma build script is using a software called Ant. Ant is a build system that was developed for the Jakarta Tomcat project. For more information about Ant, see <http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/>.
 
 To run Ant, you also need JDK 1.3 or higher <http://java.sun.com/j2se/>.
 
 For checking out the source files from Helma's CVS you also need a local installation of a CVS command-line client. More information about CVS at <http://www.cvshome.org/>.
 
 
-STARTING BUILD PROCESSES
-========================
+STARTING BUILD
+==============
 
-A build process is started by invoking the shell script appropriate to your platform, ie. build.sh for *nix (Linux, NetBSD etc.) and build.bat for Windows systems.
+The build system is started by invoking the shell script appropriate to your platform, ie. build.sh for *nix (Linux, NetBSD etc.) and build.bat for Windows systems.
 
 The generic syntax is
 
-	./build process
+	./build target
 
-The parameter "process" specifies one of the following build processes.
+The parameter "target" specifies one of the following build targets.
 
 
-BUILD PROCESSES
-===============
+BUILD TARGETS
+=============
 
 checkout
 	Fetches (or updates, resp.) the Helma source files from the CVS and copies them into the src/ directory (which will be created if necessary).
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ javadoc
 	Creates the Java API documentation for the Helma classes. The resulting files are saved into the docs/apidocs/ directory (which will be created if necessary).
 
 package
-	Executes all previous build processes (checkout, compile, jar, javadoc) and saves the created files in the directory helma-1.x/ (with 1.x being the version number). All directories will be created if necessary.
+	Builds all previous targets (checkout, compile, jar, javadoc) and saves the created files in the directory helma-1.x/ (with 1.x being the version number). All directories will be created if necessary.
 
 package-zip
 	Same as "package". Additionally, the files in the output directory will be compressed as .zip file.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ package-tgz
 	Same as "package". Additionall, the file in the output directory will be compressed as .tar.gz file.
 
 package-all
-	Executes all previous build processes. The result is a complete and up-to-date (as in the CVS) installation of Helma, the API documentation, source and build files as well as compressed packages for *nix and Windows systems including all the files.
+	Builds all previous targets. The result is a complete and up-to-date (as in the CVS) installation of Helma, the API documentation, source and build files as well as compressed packages for *nix and Windows systems including all the files.
 
 
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