diff --git a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
index 00b437ef96..627b4e96ed 100644
--- a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
+++ b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ class ActionSendToDevice(InterfaceActionBase):
 class ActionConnectShare(InterfaceActionBase):
     name = 'Connect Share'
     actual_plugin = 'calibre.gui2.actions.device:ConnectShareAction'
-    description = _('Send books via email or the web also connect to iTunes or'
+    description = _('Send books via email or the web. Also connect to iTunes or'
             ' folders on your computer as if they are devices')
 
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/apple/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/apple/driver.py
index d4c71f23d3..a7141603e8 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/apple/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/apple/driver.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class ITUNES(DriverBase):
     DEBUG_LOGGING = 3
 
     OPEN_FEEDBACK_MESSAGE = _(
-        'Apple iDevice detected, launching iTunes, please wait ...')
+        'Apple iDevice detected, launching iTunes, please wait...')
     BACKLOADING_ERROR_MESSAGE = _(
         "Cannot copy books directly from iDevice. "
         "Drag from iTunes Library to desktop, then add to calibre's Library window.")
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py
index e2ed6dd957..d9b8a244df 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ OptionRecommendation(name='chapter',
               "= 'chapter']", level=OptionRecommendation.LOW,
             help=_('An XPath expression to detect chapter titles. The default '
                 'is to consider <h1> or <h2> tags that contain the words '
-                '"chapter","book","section", "prologue", "epilogue", or "part" as chapter titles as '
+                '"chapter", "book", "section", "prologue", "epilogue" or "part" as chapter titles as '
                 'well as any tags that have class="chapter". The expression '
                 'used must evaluate to a list of elements. To disable chapter '
                 'detection, use the expression "/". See the XPath Tutorial '