diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c51ac1f4..56fc5dbb 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -61,15 +61,14 @@ Installation
 ============
 
 The latest **stable version** of HTTPie can always be installed or updated
-to via `pip`_ (prefered)
-or ``easy_install``:
+to via `pip`_ (prefered) or ``easy_install``:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     $ pip install --upgrade httpie
 
 
-Alternatively:
+If the above doesn't work:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -89,9 +88,9 @@ Or, you can install the **development version** directly from GitHub:
     $ pip install --upgrade https://github.com/jkbr/httpie/tarball/master
 
 
-There are also packages available for `Ubuntu`_, `Debian`_, and possibly other
-Linux distributions as well. However, there may be a significant delay between
-official HTTPie releases and package updates.
+Many Linux distributions provide an ``httpie`` package that can be installed
+via the system package manager (e.g. ``yum install httpie`` or
+``apt-get install httpie``).
 
 
 =====
diff --git a/httpie/cli.py b/httpie/cli.py
index 13fb158d..ef69ec88 100644
--- a/httpie/cli.py
+++ b/httpie/cli.py
@@ -460,8 +460,8 @@ network.add_argument(
     default='yes',
     help="""
     Set to "no" to skip checking the host's SSL certificate. You can also pass
-    the  path to a CA_BUNDLE file for private certs. You can also set the
-    REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE  environment variable. Defaults to "yes".
+    the path to a CA_BUNDLE file for private certs. You can also set the
+    REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable. Defaults to "yes".
 
     """
 )