diff --git a/solidify/README b/solidify/README
index f5db6bb..80bc190 100644
--- a/solidify/README
+++ b/solidify/README
@@ -60,12 +60,14 @@ Starting a project
 
 For a project, the following information is necessary:
 
-- the name of the project file. This file must not yet exist. Solidify
-  store information pertaining to the project, such as the names of the
-  file containing the faces and the orientation set for the faces.
+- the name of the project file. If the file does not yet exist, solidify
+  starts a new project. Solidify stores information pertaining to the
+  project, such as the names of the file containing the faces and the
+  orientation set for the faces.
+
   Solidify project files typically have the extension .sfy.
 
-- two text files containing the two faces a comma-separated point
+- two text files containing the two faces as comma-separated point
   clouds. If a file name ends with the extension .bz2, solidify will
   uncompress the file on the fly with bunzip2.