diff --git a/resources/recipes/independent.recipe b/resources/recipes/independent.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d964fe39d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/recipes/independent.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class Independent(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title          = u'The Independent'
+    oldest_article = 1
+    language = 'en_UK'
+    __author__ = 'Jimmy Patrick'
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+
+    feeds          = [(u'UK', u'http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/rss'),
+                      (u'World', u'http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/rss'),
+                      (u'Sport', u'http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rss'),
+                      (u'Arts & Entertainment', u'http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/rss'),
+                      (u'Life & Style',u'http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/rss'),
+                      (u'Business',u'http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/rss'),
+                      (u'Science',u'http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/rss'),
+                      (u'Media',u'http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/rss')
+                      ]
+
+    keep_only_tags = [dict(id=['article'])]
+    remove_tags = [dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'share-links'}),
+                   dict(name='ul', attrs={'class':'article-tools'}),
+                   dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'related-articles'})
+                  ]
+
+    extra_css = "body{color:black;}"
diff --git a/src/calibre/manual/faq.rst b/src/calibre/manual/faq.rst
index 8a9eb6b23f..33e144e0e5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/manual/faq.rst
+++ b/src/calibre/manual/faq.rst
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ Your antivirus program is wrong. |app| is a completely open source product. You
 
 How do I use purchased EPUB books with |app|?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Most purchased EPUB books have `DRM <http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/DRM>`_. This prevents |app| from opening them. You can still use |app| to store and transfer them to your SONY Reader. First, you must authorize your reader on a windows machine with Adobe Digital Editions. Once this is done, EPUB books transferred with |app| will work fine on your reader. Sometimes, the EPUB file itself is corrupted, in which case you should notify the e-book vendor.
+Most purchased EPUB books have `DRM <http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/DRM>`_. This prevents |app| from opening them. You can still use |app| to store and transfer them to your SONY Reader. First, you must authorize your reader on a windows machine with Adobe Digital Editions. Once this is done, EPUB books transferred with |app| will work fine on your reader. When you purchase an epub book from a website, you will get an ".acsm" file. This file should be opened with Adobe Digital Editions, which will then download the actual ".epub" e-book. The e-book file will be stored in the folder "My Digital Editions", from where you can add it to |app|.
 
 
 I want some feature added to |app|. What can I do?
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/input.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/input.py
index 5882dd8e7a..4f7fa64869 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/input.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class RecipeInput(InputFormatPlugin):
                 'content.')),
         OptionRecommendation(name='dont_download_recipe',
             recommended_value=False,
-            help=_('Download latest version of builtin recipes')),
+            help=_('Do not download latest version of builtin recipes from the calibre server')),
         OptionRecommendation(name='lrf', recommended_value=False,
             help='Optimize fetching for subsequent conversion to LRF.'),
         ])