--- a/shasum.py	Sat Feb 26 17:24:06 2022 +0100
+++ b/shasum.py	Sat Feb 26 17:31:40 2022 +0100
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@
         help="1 (default), 224, 256, 384, 512, 3-224, 3-256, 3-384, 3-512, blake2b, blake2s, md5")
     aparser.add_argument(
         "--base64", action="store_true",
-        help="output checksums in base64 notation, not hexadecimal (OpenBSD).")
+        help="Output checksums in base64 notation, not hexadecimal (OpenBSD).")
     aparser.add_argument(
         "--binary", "-b", action="store_false", dest="text_mode", default=False,
-        help="read in binary mode (default)")
+        help="Read in binary mode (default)")
     aparser.add_argument(
         "--bsd", "-B", action="store_true", dest="bsd", default=False,
         help="Write BSD style output. This is also the default output format of :command:`openssl dgst`.")
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@
 
     aparser.add_argument(
         "--reverse", "-r", action="store_false", dest="bsd", default=False,
-        help="explicitely select normal coreutils style output (to be option compatible with BSD style commands and :command:`openssl dgst -r`)")
+        help="Explicitely select normal coreutils style output (to be option compatible with BSD style commands and :command:`openssl dgst -r`)")
     aparser.add_argument(
         "--tag", action="store_true", dest="bsd", default=False,
-        help="alias for the `--bsd' option (to be compatible with :command:`b2sum`)")
+        help="Alias for the `--bsd' option (to be compatible with :command:`b2sum`)")
     aparser.add_argument(
         "--text", "-t", action="store_true", dest="text_mode", default=False,
-        help="read in text mode (not supported)")
+        help="Read in text mode (not supported)")
     aparser.add_argument(
         "--version", "-v", action="version", version="%s (rv:%s)" % (__version__, __revision__))
     aparser.add_argument(