diff --git a/Readme.pod b/Readme.pod
index 70755ba..640df2e 100644
--- a/Readme.pod
+++ b/Readme.pod
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 file to batch process multiple files.
 C<extract> expects zip files only.
 
-C<archive> supports multiple input zip files with the constraint,
+C<archive> supports multiple input zip files with the constraint
 that the first archive listed contains all primary data files
 and all meta data files.
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 The extended input array will be sorted in length order, so the shortest
 path needs to contain all primary data files and all meta data files.
 
-(The directory structure follows the base directory format,
+(The directory structure follows the base directory format
 that may include a C<.> root folder.
 In this case further archives lacking a C<.> root folder
 need to be passed with a hash sign in front of the archive's name.
@@ -527,11 +527,11 @@
 
 =item C<keyword>
 
-String meta data value, that can be given multiple times
+String meta data value that can be given multiple times
 
 =item C<text>
 
-String meta data value, that is tokenized and can be searched as token sequences
+String meta data value that is tokenized and can be searched as token sequences
 
 =item C<date>
 
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
 
 Numerical meta data value
 
-=item C<attachement>
+=item C<attachment>
 
 Non-indexed meta data value (only retrievable)
 
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
 
 =item C<name>
 
-The key of the meta object, that may be prefixed by C<corpus> or C<doc>, in case the
+The key of the meta object that may be prefixed by C<corpus> or C<doc>, in case the
 C<E<lt>xenoDataE<gt>> information is located on these levels. The text level introduces
 no prefixes.