diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2cd27f543f..8f448195ed 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-01-11  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* docs/manual/basics-bins.xml:
+	* docs/manual/basics-elements.xml:
+	* docs/manual/intro-basics.xml:
+	  Some more minor docs additions and updates.
+
 2006-01-11  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	* docs/manual/basics-bins.xml:
diff --git a/docs/manual/basics-bins.xml b/docs/manual/basics-bins.xml
index 5a8e13d67a..943de0241d 100644
--- a/docs/manual/basics-bins.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/basics-bins.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ main (int   argc
   player = gst_element_factory_make ("oggvorbisplayer", "player");
 
   /* set the source audio file */
-  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (player), "location", "helloworld.ogg", NULL);
+  g_object_set (player, "location", "helloworld.ogg", NULL);
 
   /* start playback */
   gst_element_set_state (GST_ELEMENT (player), GST_STATE_PLAYING);
@@ -148,5 +148,11 @@ main (int   argc
       url="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/pwg/html/index.html">Plugin
       Writers Guide</ulink>.
     </para>
+    <para>
+      Examples of such custom bins are the playbin and decodebin elements from<ulink
+      type="http"
+      url="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-base-plugins/html/index.html">
+      gst-plugins-base</ulink>.
+    </para>
   </sect1>
 </chapter>
diff --git a/docs/manual/basics-elements.xml b/docs/manual/basics-elements.xml
index 9d81a05c38..efa666cff2 100644
--- a/docs/manual/basics-elements.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/basics-elements.xml
@@ -530,7 +530,9 @@ main (int   argc,
       any form. Internally, &GStreamer; will start threads that take this
       task on to them. &GStreamer; will also take care of switching
       messages from the pipeline's thread into the application's own
-      thread, by using <xref linkend="chapter-bus"/>.
+      thread, by using a <ulink type="http"
+      url="&URLAPI;GstBus.html"><classname>GstBus</classname></ulink>. See
+      <xref linkend="chapter-bus"/> for details.
     </para>
   </sect1>
 </chapter>
diff --git a/docs/manual/intro-basics.xml b/docs/manual/intro-basics.xml
index 616ece881f..565b03a710 100644
--- a/docs/manual/intro-basics.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/intro-basics.xml
@@ -35,16 +35,14 @@
       themselves, you can mostly control a bin as if it where an element,
       thereby abstracting away a lot of complexity for your application. You
       can, for example change state on all elements in a bin by changing the
-      state of that bin itself. Bins also forward some signals from their
-      contained childs (such as errors and tags).
+      state of that bin itself. Bins also forward bus messages from their
+      contained children (such as error messages, tag messages or EOS messages).
     </para>
     <para>
-      A pipeline is a bin that allows to <emphasis>run</emphasis> (technically
-      referred to as <quote>iterating</quote>) its contained childs. By
-      iterating a pipeline, data flow will start and media processing will
-      take place. A pipeline requires iterating for anything to happen. you
-      can also use threads, which automatically iterate the contained childs
-      in a newly created threads. We will go into this in detail later on.
+      A pipeline is a top-level bin. As you set it to PAUSED or PLAYING state,
+      data flow will start and media processing will take place. Once started,
+      pipelines will run in a separate thread until you stop them or the end
+      of the data stream is reached.
     </para>
   </sect1>
 
@@ -79,8 +77,12 @@
       between elements. Data flows out of one element through one or more
       <emphasis>source pads</emphasis>, and elements accept incoming data
       through one or more <emphasis>sink pads</emphasis>. Source and sink
-      elements have only source and sink pads, respectively. Data is
-      embodied in a <classname>GstData</classname> structure.
+      elements have only source and sink pads, respectively. Data usually
+      means buffers (described by the <ulink type="http"
+      url="&URLAPI;/gstreamer-GstBuffer.html"><classname>GstBuffer
+      </classname></ulink> object) and events (described by the <ulink
+      type="http" url="&URLAPI;/gstreamer-GstEvent.html"><classname>
+      GstEvent</classname></ulink> object).
     </para>
   </sect1>
 </chapter>