fix small typos in READM

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d28037..e901897 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ following key features:
 * sqlite3 for data storage
 * asynchronous I/O operations
 * small and maintainable codebase
-* handles relatively high number of requests per second
+* relatively high number of handled requests per second
 
 See an [example site](https://git.sr.ht/~unwox/luna/tree/master/item/example).
+To start it run `./run.sh serve` in the `example` example directory.
 
 
 ## Build
 
-You'll need `lua` or `luajit` libraries installed on your system:
+You'll need `go`, `gcc` and `liblua` (or `libluajit`) packages installed on
+your system:
 
 ```sh
 git clone https://git.sr.ht/~unwox/luna
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ luna [options] LUAFILE
     	Number of HTTP-workers to start (default $(nproc))
 ```
 
-LUAFILE must specify a Lua file that may or may not register routes to handle
+LUAFILE must point to a Lua file that may or may not register routes to handle
 (via calling `luna.route.static` or `luna.route.route`). Whatever the LUAFILE
 returns is ignored. If LUAFILE defines no routes luna will execute the file and
 then exit. This behavior is useful when you want to have a script file with an
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ API names are hyphenated since I am mostly calling the functions from
 [fennel language](https://fennel-lang.org/) and for lisps hyphenation is the
 norm.
 
-Every argument in every API function is required: luna does not support optinal
+Every argument in every API function is required: luna does not support optional
 arguments yet. Pass an empty value for corresponding type instead if you do not
 want to specify an argument: {} for tables, "" for strings, 0 for numbers.
 
@@ -254,9 +256,9 @@ Send patches to me@unwox.com. Possible ideas for patches are
 * adding more *useful* API functions. It's easy to do, see `main.go` for that.
 * replacing sqlite with something else since its sqlite3_step function is
   blocking and it's the major perfomance bottleneck right now.
-* supporting redis for synchronization, maybe?
-* supporting websocket connections, maybe?
-* compiling Lua code and luna into one binary, maybe?
+* supporting redis for synchronization maybe?
+* supporting websocket connections maybe?
+* compiling Lua code and luna into one binary maybe?
 
 
 I will not accept patches that are
@@ -264,7 +266,7 @@ I will not accept patches that are
 * relying on too many Go (or external) dependencies.
 * adding too much complexity into the existing codebase.
 * adding a new major functionality that should be implemented outside
-  (for example service management, use systemd, shepher or whatever).
+  (for example service management, use systemd, shepherd or whatever).
 
 
 ## Useful links