diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 1c52de2c..653e8c69 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
     <h2 id="Introduction">Introduction</h2>
 
     <p>
-      When working on a web application that involved a lot of JavaScript, one
+      When working on a web application that involves a lot of JavaScript, one
       of the first things you learn is to stop tying your data to the DOM. It's all
       too easy to create JavaScript applications that end up as tangled piles of
       jQuery selectors and callbacks, all trying frantically to keep data in
diff --git a/test/speed.js b/test/speed.js
index 6cd0b66c..2c62c16a 100644
--- a/test/speed.js
+++ b/test/speed.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   object.bind('test:trigger2', fn);
   object.bind('test:trigger2', fn);
 
-  JSLitmus.test('Events: trigger 2 functions, passing 5 arguments', function() {
+  JSLitmus.test('Events: trigger 2, passing 5 args', function() {
     object.trigger('test:trigger2', 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
   });
 
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
   var eventModel = new Backbone.Model;
   eventModel.bind('change', fn);
 
-  JSLitmus.test('Model: set Math.random() with a change event', function() {
+  JSLitmus.test('Model: set rand() with an event', function() {
     eventModel.set({number: Math.random()});
   });
 
   var keyModel = new Backbone.Model;
   keyModel.bind('change:number', fn);
 
-  JSLitmus.test('Model: set Math.random() with a key-value observer', function() {
+  JSLitmus.test('Model: set rand() with an attribute observer', function() {
     keyModel.set({number: Math.random()});
   });