diff --git a/docs/getting-started/setup.md b/docs/getting-started/setup.md
index 42248604..025ba9cd 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/setup.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/setup.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ hivectl forge create-user ruth
 # forge accounts auto-provisioned — nothing to run here for them.
 ```
 
-The human operator's own forge account is created via swarm SSO instead of
+Swarm SSO creates the human operator's own forge account instead of
 a manual `hivectl` step — see step 3 (`swarmctl user add`).
 
 ### 2 · Gateway (HTTP Basic auth)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ hivectl gateway list-users
 ⚠️ **A sealed store still answers.** OpenBao starts uninitialised and
 sealed, so the container is up and the port responds while every read
 times out — the failure looks like a hang, not like a store that was
-never initialised. Do this before anything is pointed at it.
+never initialised. Do this before you point anything at it.
 
 ```bash
 # On the host that RUNS the store, once.
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ hivectl matrix invite @mara:yourserver --room '#hive-chat:yourserver'
 hivectl matrix promote-user mara
 ```
 
-The human operator's own matrix account is created via swarm SSO instead of
+Swarm SSO creates the human operator's own matrix account instead of
 a manual `hivectl` step — see step 3 (`swarmctl user add`).
 
 ### 7 · Spawn sub-agents