diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d5bbfb1..ae074d6f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Many of the most widely used Go projects are built using Cobra including:
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/cobra.svg "Travis CI status")](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/cobra)
 [![CircleCI status](https://circleci.com/gh/spf13/cobra.png?circle-token=:circle-token "CircleCI status")](https://circleci.com/gh/spf13/cobra)
-[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/cobra?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/cobra) 
+[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/cobra?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/cobra)
 
 ![cobra](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/173412/10911369/84832a8e-8212-11e5-9f82-cc96660a4794.gif)
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ In order to use the cobra command, compile it using the following command:
 
     > go install github.com/spf13/cobra/cobra
 
-This will create the cobra executable under your go path bin directory!
+This will create the cobra executable under your `$GOPATH/bin` directory.
 
 ### cobra init
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ license:
 
     This is my license. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
     My license is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must
-    master my life.  
+    master my life.
 ```
 
 ## Manually implementing Cobra