diff --git a/guide/src/qs_14.md b/guide/src/qs_14.md
index a805e7a58..0fe16f174 100644
--- a/guide/src/qs_14.md
+++ b/guide/src/qs_14.md
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
 ## Diesel
 
-At the moment of 1.0 release Diesel does not support asynchronous operations.
-But it possible to use the `actix` synchronous actor system as a db interface api.
-Technically sync actors are worker style actors, multiple of them
-can be run in parallel and process messages from same queue (sync actors work in mpsc mode).
+At the moment, Diesel 1.0 does not support asynchronous operations,
+but it possible to use the `actix` synchronous actor system as a database interface api.
 
-Let's create a simple db api that can insert a new user row into an SQLite table.
-We have to define sync actor and connection that this actor will use. The same approach
+Technically, sync actors are worker style actors. Multiple sync actors
+can be run in parallel and process messages from same queue. Sync actors work in mpsc mode.
+
+Let's create a simple database api that can insert a new user row into a SQLite table.
+We must define a sync actor and a connection that this actor will use. The same approach
 can be used for other databases.
 
 ```rust,ignore
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ impl Actor for DbExecutor {
 }
 ```
 
-This is the definition of our actor. Now we need to define the *create user* message and response.
+This is the definition of our actor. Now, we must define the *create user* message and response.
 
 ```rust,ignore
 struct CreateUser {
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ impl Message for CreateUser {
 }
 ```
 
-We can send a `CreateUser` message to the `DbExecutor` actor, and as a result we get a
-`User` model instance. Now we need to define the actual handler implementation for this message.
+We can send a `CreateUser` message to the `DbExecutor` actor, and as a result, we receive a
+`User` model instance. Next, we must define the handler implementation for this message.
 
 ```rust,ignore
 impl Handler<CreateUser> for DbExecutor {
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ impl Handler<CreateUser> for DbExecutor {
 }
 ```
 
-That's it. Now we can use the *DbExecutor* actor from any http handler or middleware.
+That's it! Now, we can use the *DbExecutor* actor from any http handler or middleware.
 All we need is to start *DbExecutor* actors and store the address in a state where http handler
 can access it.
 
@@ -97,9 +98,9 @@ fn main() {
 }
 ```
 
-And finally we can use the address in a request handler. We get a message response
-asynchronously, so the handler needs to return a future object, also `Route::a()` needs to be
-used for async handler registration.
+Finally, we use the address in a request handler. We receive the message response
+asynchronously, thus the handler returns a future object.
+`Route::a()` must be used for async handler registration.
 
 
 ```rust,ignore
@@ -120,8 +121,8 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest<State>) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>>
 }
 ```
 
-Full example is available in the
-[examples directory](https://github.com/actix/actix-web/tree/master/examples/diesel/).
+> A full example is available in the
+> [examples directory](https://github.com/actix/actix-web/tree/master/examples/diesel/).
 
-More information on sync actors can be found in the
-[actix documentation](https://docs.rs/actix/0.5.0/actix/sync/index.html).
+> More information on sync actors can be found in the
+> [actix documentation](https://docs.rs/actix/0.5.0/actix/sync/index.html).