diff --git a/clients/ozone/config/oxygenconfig.ui b/clients/ozone/config/oxygenconfig.ui
index 5e94fbfeae..c1aced3425 100644
--- a/clients/ozone/config/oxygenconfig.ui
+++ b/clients/ozone/config/oxygenconfig.ui
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
    <item>
     <widget class="QCheckBox" name="blendTitlebarColors" >
      <property name="whatsThis" >
-      <string>When enabled, this option makes the window titlebar use same colors as window contents, instead of using system titlebar colors.</string>
+      <string>When enabled, this option makes the window title bar use the same colors as the window contents, instead of using the system title bar colors.</string>
      </property>
      <property name="text" >
-      <string>Blend titlebar colors with window contents</string>
+      <string>Blend title bar colors with window contents</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
diff --git a/compositingprefs.cpp b/compositingprefs.cpp
index b0bcc51d57..a58f6cf798 100644
--- a/compositingprefs.cpp
+++ b/compositingprefs.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ QString CompositingPrefs::compositingNotPossibleReason()
     return QString();
 #else
     return i18n("Compositing was disabled at compile time.\n"
-            "Probably Xorg development headers were not installed.");
+            "It is likely Xorg development headers were not installed.");
 #endif
     }
 
diff --git a/effects/presentwindows.cpp b/effects/presentwindows.cpp
index cdd9332fe7..0969a4f44b 100644
--- a/effects/presentwindows.cpp
+++ b/effects/presentwindows.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ PresentWindowsEffect::PresentWindowsEffect()
     a->setGlobalShortcut(KShortcut(Qt::CTRL + Qt::Key_F9));
     connect(a, SIGNAL(triggered(bool)), this, SLOT(toggleActive()));
     KAction* b = (KAction*)actionCollection->addAction( "ExposeAll" );
-    b->setText( i18n("Toggle Expose Effect (incl other desktops)" ));
+    b->setText( i18n("Toggle Expose Effect (incl. other desktops)" ));
     b->setGlobalShortcut(KShortcut(Qt::CTRL + Qt::Key_F10));
     connect(b, SIGNAL(triggered(bool)), this, SLOT(toggleActiveAllDesktops()));
 
diff --git a/effects/presentwindows_config.cpp b/effects/presentwindows_config.cpp
index 40a45e8a27..537841cc79 100644
--- a/effects/presentwindows_config.cpp
+++ b/effects/presentwindows_config.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PresentWindowsEffectConfig::PresentWindowsEffectConfig(QWidget* parent, const QV
 
     QGridLayout* layout = new QGridLayout(this);
 
-    mDrawWindowText = new QCheckBox(i18n("Draw window caption on top of window."), this);
+    mDrawWindowText = new QCheckBox(i18n("Draw window caption on top of window"), this);
     connect(mDrawWindowText, SIGNAL(stateChanged(int)), this, SLOT(changed()));
     layout->addWidget(mDrawWindowText, 0, 0);
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ PresentWindowsEffectConfig::PresentWindowsEffectConfig(QWidget* parent, const QV
     a->setText( i18n("Toggle Expose Effect" ));
     a->setGlobalShortcut(KShortcut(Qt::CTRL + Qt::Key_F9));
     KAction* b = (KAction*)actionCollection->addAction( "ExposeAll" );
-    b->setText( i18n("Toggle Expose Effect (incl other desktops)" ));
+    b->setText( i18n("Toggle Expose Effect (incl. other desktops)" ));
     b->setGlobalShortcut(KShortcut(Qt::CTRL + Qt::Key_F10));
     mShortcutEditor = new KShortcutsEditor(actionCollection, this,
             KShortcutsEditor::GlobalAction, KShortcutsEditor::LetterShortcutsDisallowed);
diff --git a/effects/shadow_config.cpp b/effects/shadow_config.cpp
index 792a158f84..cc3827f268 100644
--- a/effects/shadow_config.cpp
+++ b/effects/shadow_config.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ShadowEffectConfig::ShadowEffectConfig(QWidget* parent, const QVariantList& args
     connect(mShadowOpacity, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)), this, SLOT(changed()));
     layout->addWidget(mShadowOpacity, 2, 1);
 
-    layout->addWidget(new QLabel(i18n("Shadow fuzzyness:"), this), 3, 0);
+    layout->addWidget(new QLabel(i18n("Shadow fuzziness:"), this), 3, 0);
     mShadowFuzzyness = new QSpinBox(this);
     mShadowFuzzyness->setRange(0, 20);
     connect(mShadowFuzzyness, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)), this, SLOT(changed()));
diff --git a/killer/killer.cpp b/killer/killer.cpp
index d98d302ca8..f2745c8d34 100644
--- a/killer/killer.cpp
+++ b/killer/killer.cpp
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
 	ki18n( "KWin helper utility" ));
 
     KCmdLineOptions options;
-    options.add("pid <pid>", ki18n("PID of the application to terminate."));
-    options.add("hostname <hostname>", ki18n("Hostname on which the application is running."));
-    options.add("windowname <caption>", ki18n("Caption of the window to be terminated."));
-    options.add("applicationname <name>", ki18n("Name of the application to be terminated."));
-    options.add("wid <id>", ki18n("ID of resource belonging to the application."));
-    options.add("timestamp <time>", ki18n("Time of user action causing killing."));
+    options.add("pid <pid>", ki18n("PID of the application to terminate"));
+    options.add("hostname <hostname>", ki18n("Hostname on which the application is running"));
+    options.add("windowname <caption>", ki18n("Caption of the window to be terminated"));
+    options.add("applicationname <name>", ki18n("Name of the application to be terminated"));
+    options.add("wid <id>", ki18n("ID of resource belonging to the application"));
+    options.add("timestamp <time>", ki18n("Time of user action causing termination"));
     KCmdLineArgs::addCmdLineOptions( options );
     KApplication app;
     KCmdLineArgs* args = KCmdLineArgs::parsedArgs();