diff --git a/docs/docs/install/environment-variables.md b/docs/docs/install/environment-variables.md
index 0421eeff38..8b9f74d455 100644
--- a/docs/docs/install/environment-variables.md
+++ b/docs/docs/install/environment-variables.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Just restarting the containers does not replace the environment within the conta
In order to recreate the container using docker compose, run `docker compose up -d`.
In most cases docker will recognize that the `.env` file has changed and recreate the affected containers.
-If this should not work, try running `docker compose up -d --force-recreate`.
+If this does not work, try running `docker compose up -d --force-recreate`.
:::
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ If this should not work, try running `docker compose up -d --force-recreate`.
| Variable | Description | Default | Containers |
| :----------------- | :------------------------------ | :-------: | :----------------------- |
| `IMMICH_VERSION` | Image tags | `release` | server, machine learning |
-| `UPLOAD_LOCATION` | Host Path for uploads | | server |
-| `DB_DATA_LOCATION` | Host Path for Postgres database | | database |
+| `UPLOAD_LOCATION` | Host path for uploads | | server |
+| `DB_DATA_LOCATION` | Host path for Postgres database | | database |
:::tip
These environment variables are used by the `docker-compose.yml` file and do **NOT** affect the containers directly.
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ These environment variables are used by the `docker-compose.yml` file and do **N
| :---------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------: | :----------------------- | :----------------- |
| `TZ` | Timezone | \*1 | server | microservices |
| `IMMICH_ENV` | Environment (production, development) | `production` | server, machine learning | api, microservices |
-| `IMMICH_LOG_LEVEL` | Log Level (verbose, debug, log, warn, error) | `log` | server, machine learning | api, microservices |
-| `IMMICH_MEDIA_LOCATION` | Media Location inside the container ⚠️**You probably shouldn't set this**\*2⚠️ | `./upload`\*3 | server | api, microservices |
+| `IMMICH_LOG_LEVEL` | Log level (verbose, debug, log, warn, error) | `log` | server, machine learning | api, microservices |
+| `IMMICH_MEDIA_LOCATION` | Media location inside the container ⚠️**You probably shouldn't set this**\*2⚠️ | `./upload`\*3 | server | api, microservices |
| `IMMICH_CONFIG_FILE` | Path to config file | | server | api, microservices |
| `NO_COLOR` | Set to `true` to disable color-coded log output | `false` | server, machine learning | |
-| `CPU_CORES` | Amount of cores available to the immich server | auto-detected cpu core count | server | |
+| `CPU_CORES` | Number of cores available to the Immich server | auto-detected CPU core count | server | |
| `IMMICH_API_METRICS_PORT` | Port for the OTEL metrics | `8081` | server | api |
| `IMMICH_MICROSERVICES_METRICS_PORT` | Port for the OTEL metrics | `8082` | server | microservices |
| `IMMICH_PROCESS_INVALID_IMAGES` | When `true`, generate thumbnails for invalid images | | server | microservices |
-| `IMMICH_TRUSTED_PROXIES` | List of comma separated IPs set as trusted proxies | | server | api |
+| `IMMICH_TRUSTED_PROXIES` | List of comma-separated IPs set as trusted proxies | | server | api |
| `IMMICH_IGNORE_MOUNT_CHECK_ERRORS` | See [System Integrity](/docs/administration/system-integrity) | | server | api, microservices |
\*1: `TZ` should be set to a `TZ identifier` from [this list][tz-list]. For example, `TZ="Etc/UTC"`.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ These environment variables are used by the `docker-compose.yml` file and do **N
\*2: This path is where the Immich code looks for the files, which is internal to the docker container. Setting it to a path on your host will certainly break things, you should use the `UPLOAD_LOCATION` variable instead.
\*3: With the default `WORKDIR` of `/usr/src/app`, this path will resolve to `/usr/src/app/upload`.
-It only need to be set if the Immich deployment method is changing.
+It only needs to be set if the Immich deployment method is changing.
## Workers
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ Information on the current workers can be found [here](/docs/administration/jobs
| Variable | Description | Default | Containers |
| :---------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------- | :----------: | :----------------------------- |
| `DB_URL` | Database URL | | server |
-| `DB_HOSTNAME` | Database Host | `database` | server |
-| `DB_PORT` | Database Port | `5432` | server |
-| `DB_USERNAME` | Database User | `postgres` | server, database\*1 |
-| `DB_PASSWORD` | Database Password | `postgres` | server, database\*1 |
-| `DB_DATABASE_NAME` | Database Name | `immich` | server, database\*1 |
-| `DB_VECTOR_EXTENSION`\*2 | Database Vector Extension (one of [`pgvector`, `pgvecto.rs`]) | `pgvecto.rs` | server |
+| `DB_HOSTNAME` | Database host | `database` | server |
+| `DB_PORT` | Database port | `5432` | server |
+| `DB_USERNAME` | Database user | `postgres` | server, database\*1 |
+| `DB_PASSWORD` | Database password | `postgres` | server, database\*1 |
+| `DB_DATABASE_NAME` | Database name | `immich` | server, database\*1 |
+| `DB_VECTOR_EXTENSION`\*2 | Database vector extension (one of [`pgvector`, `pgvecto.rs`]) | `pgvecto.rs` | server |
| `DB_SKIP_MIGRATIONS` | Whether to skip running migrations on startup (one of [`true`, `false`]) | `false` | server |
\*1: The values of `DB_USERNAME`, `DB_PASSWORD`, and `DB_DATABASE_NAME` are passed to the Postgres container as the variables `POSTGRES_USER`, `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`, and `POSTGRES_DB` in `docker-compose.yml`.
@@ -103,18 +103,18 @@ When `DB_URL` is defined, the `DB_HOSTNAME`, `DB_PORT`, `DB_USERNAME`, `DB_PASSW
| Variable | Description | Default | Containers |
| :--------------- | :------------- | :-----: | :--------- |
| `REDIS_URL` | Redis URL | | server |
-| `REDIS_SOCKET` | Redis Socket | | server |
-| `REDIS_HOSTNAME` | Redis Host | `redis` | server |
-| `REDIS_PORT` | Redis Port | `6379` | server |
-| `REDIS_USERNAME` | Redis Username | | server |
-| `REDIS_PASSWORD` | Redis Password | | server |
-| `REDIS_DBINDEX` | Redis DB Index | `0` | server |
+| `REDIS_SOCKET` | Redis socket | | server |
+| `REDIS_HOSTNAME` | Redis host | `redis` | server |
+| `REDIS_PORT` | Redis port | `6379` | server |
+| `REDIS_USERNAME` | Redis username | | server |
+| `REDIS_PASSWORD` | Redis password | | server |
+| `REDIS_DBINDEX` | Redis DB index | `0` | server |
:::info
All `REDIS_` variables must be provided to all Immich workers, including `api` and `microservices`.
`REDIS_URL` must start with `ioredis://` and then include a `base64` encoded JSON string for the configuration.
-More info can be found in the upstream [ioredis] documentation.
+More information can be found in the upstream [ioredis] documentation.
When `REDIS_URL` or `REDIS_SOCKET` are defined, the `REDIS_HOSTNAME`, `REDIS_PORT`, `REDIS_USERNAME`, `REDIS_PASSWORD`, and `REDIS_DBINDEX` variables are ignored.
:::
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ the `_FILE` variable should be set to the path of a file containing the variable
details on how to use Docker Secrets in the Postgres image.
\*2: See [this comment][docker-secrets-example] for an example of how
-to use use a Docker secret for the password in the Redis container.
+to use a Docker secret for the password in the Redis container.
[tz-list]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
[docker-secrets-example]: https://github.com/docker-library/redis/issues/46#issuecomment-335326234