docs: polish README

Author: teovl

README.md

@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 Pilot Protocol design documents — the source of truth for what the
 protocol does, why it does it that way, and how to operate it.
 
-User-facing docs (getting started, tutorials, API references) live
-on the website at [pilotprotocol.network](https://pilotprotocol.network).
+User-facing documentation (getting started, tutorials, API references)
+lives on the website at [pilotprotocol.network](https://pilotprotocol.network).
 This repo is the protocol-internal counterpart: deeper specs, IETF
 drafts, runbooks, and academic-style writeups.
 
 ## Layout
 
 | Path | What it is |
 |---|---|
-| `SPEC.md` | The canonical protocol spec — addresses, frame format, layered architecture. |
-| `SPEC-compat-mode.md` | How compat mode (TLS/443) layers on top of the native UDP path. |
+| `SPEC.md` | Canonical protocol spec — addresses, frame format, layered architecture. |
+| `SPEC-compat-mode.md` | Compat mode (TLS/443) layered on top of the native UDP path. |
 | `SPEC-skillinject-openclaw-per-prompt.md` | Spec for the skillinject plugin's per-prompt injection. |
 | `RUNBOOK-pilot-ca.md` | Root-CA ceremony procedure — key generation, rotation, audit. |
 | `RUNBOOK-compat-443-only.md` | Operating a daemon when only port 443 is reachable. |
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ drafts, runbooks, and academic-style writeups.
 | `ietf/` | IETF draft text + Makefile. |
 | `research/comparison/` | Comparison paper vs. other overlay protocols. |
 | `research/social-structures/` | Trust-network social-structure paper. |
-| `media/` | Diagrams + screencasts referenced by other docs. |
+| `media/` | Diagrams and screencasts referenced by other docs. |
 
 ## Building TeX → PDF
 
-Each `.tex` is built with `pdflatex` (twice for cross-refs). The
-`ietf/` drafts use `kramdown-rfc` via the Makefile there.
+Each `.tex` is built with `pdflatex` (run twice for cross-references).
+The `ietf/` drafts use `kramdown-rfc` via the Makefile there.
 
 ```bash
 cd ietf && make