diff --git a/docs/streaming.md b/docs/streaming.md
index be8e411..38c71b5 100644
--- a/docs/streaming.md
+++ b/docs/streaming.md
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
 Elstat's Streaming API enables clients to receive realtime
 updates from the server.
 
-Clients can subscribe just to *certain* channels in the case
-they don't want to have a lot of overhead, or they can just
-not use the Streaming API at all. It is optional.
-
+Clients can optionally subscribe to certain channels using the
+Streaming API if they don't want to have a lot of overhead.
 
 ## Common payload format
 
@@ -19,8 +17,8 @@ Payloads are JSON encoded.
 }
 ```
 
-Extra fields are on each OP's description, instead of being in
-some `d` field (like Discord's Gateway API).
+Data in packets are stored in specific fields, which are described
+for each OP below. They are not stored inside of a `d` object, like Discord's gateway.
 
 
 ## Error codes
@@ -63,8 +61,8 @@ some `d` field (like Discord's Gateway API).
 
 ## Channel names
 
-Channels are what clients subscribe to receive data about that channel.
-Channels are specified as `<type>:<name>`
+Clients subscribe to channels to receive specific data. Channel names
+are formatted like: `<type>:<name>`
 
 e.g `status:elixire` and `graph:elixire`