diff --git a/aio/content/guide/universal.md b/aio/content/guide/universal.md
index f69b945555..acd5e1b320 100644
--- a/aio/content/guide/universal.md
+++ b/aio/content/guide/universal.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ layout before it becomes fully interactive.
For a more detailed look at different techniques and concepts surrounding SSR, please check out this
[article](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/02/rendering-on-the-web).
-You can easily prepare an app for server-side rendering using the [Angular CLI](guide/glossary#cli).
+You can easily prepare an application for server-side rendering using the [Angular CLI](guide/glossary#cli).
The CLI schematic `@nguniversal/express-engine` performs the required steps, as described below.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ In this example, the Angular CLI compiles and bundles the Universal version of t
[Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compiler](guide/aot-compiler).
A Node.js Express web server compiles HTML pages with Universal based on client requests.
-To create the server-side app module, `app.server.module.ts`, run the following CLI command.
+To create the server-side application module, `app.server.module.ts`, run the following CLI command.
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ You can click a hero on the Dashboard page to display its Details page.
If you throttle your network speed so that the client-side scripts take longer to download (instructions below),
you'll notice:
-* Clicking a hero on the Heroes page does nothing.
* You can't add or delete a hero.
* The search box on the Dashboard page is ignored.
* The *Back* and *Save* buttons on the Details page don't work.
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ You can simulate a slower network to see the transition more clearly as follows:
dropdown on the far right of the menu bar.
1. Try one of the "3G" speeds.
-The server-rendered app still launches quickly but the full client app may take seconds to load.
+The server-rendered application still launches quickly but the full client app may take seconds to load.
{@a why-do-it}
## Why use server-side rendering?