diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f373d42..69ead58 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ machines and their disks associated.
 
 ## Why
 
-`qemush` is **daemonless** : no bloaty long running process is needed for
+`qemush` is **daemonless**: no bloaty long running process is needed for
 `qemush` to work.
 
-`qemush` is **lightweight** : it only consists in a shell script to
+`qemush` is **lightweight**: it only consists in a shell script to
 automate repeated tasks and force good practices.
 
-`qemush` needs **few dependencies** : see section
+`qemush` needs **few dependencies**: see section
 [Dependencies](#dependencies) for details.
 
-`qemush` is **hackable** : you can [write your own launching
+`qemush` is **hackable**: you can [write your own launching
 scripts](#writing-a-launching-script) to make it work as intended.
 
-`qemush` is **easy to setup** : you can make it work in a few steps, see
+`qemush` is **easy to setup**: you can make it work in a few steps, see
 section [Installation instructions](#installation-instructions).
 
 ## Good practices?
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ scripts
 
 `qemush` acts as Unix user `qemu` to manage virtual machines. You need to
 create a system user `qemu` that cannot login, with any home directory,
-in an Unix group of the same name. Example :
+in an Unix group of the same name. Example:
 
 ```sh
 # Example if the qemu user doesn't exist
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ For ease of use, you need to grant every user in the `qemu` group via
 ### Add `qemush` in the `PATH`
 
 Use your preferred way to add the `qemush` script to a folder of `PATH`.
-Recommended : copy the script in `/usr/local/bin` to make it effortlessly
+Recommended: copy the script in `/usr/local/bin` to make it effortlessly
 system wide.
 
 ### Extra: add `first-free-port` in `PATH`
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ The default text editor used by `qemush` is `nvim`, but it can be
 overriden by the `EDITOR` environment variable.
 
 Run the following command to start editing a launching script by the name
-of your choice :
+of your choice:
 
 ```sh
 qemush edit "$name"
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ Example scripts are available in this repo's `qemu/bin` folder.
 ### Launching a virtual machine
 
 Virtual machines are identified by the name of their launching scripts.
-You can launch any machine with the following command :
+You can launch any machine with the following command:
 
 ```sh
 qemush start "$name"
 ```
 
-You can also list all available virtual machines by running this command :
+You can also list all available virtual machines by running this command:
 
 ```sh
 qemush ls