diff --git a/src/gui/dbman.py b/src/gui/dbman.py
index 7f17b246e..bbb41f2df 100644
--- a/src/gui/dbman.py
+++ b/src/gui/dbman.py
@@ -632,26 +632,26 @@ class DbManager(CLIDbManager):
         yes_no = QuestionDialog2(
             _("Repair family tree?"),
             _(
-"If you click <b>Proceed</b>, Gramps will attempt to reconstruct your family tree"
+"If you click <b>Proceed</b>, Gramps will attempt to recover your family tree"
 " from the last good backup. There are several ways this can cause unwanted"
-" behaviour, so <b>backup</b> the family tree first.\n"
+" effects, so <b>backup</b> the family tree first.\n"
 "The Family tree you have selected is stored in %s.\n\n"
-"Before doing a repair, verify that the Family Tree really cannot be opened"
-" anymore, as the database backend can recover from some errors automatically.\n\n"
-"<b>Details:</b> Repairing a Family Tree is actually using the last backup of"
-" this Family Tree, which Gramps stored on last use. If you have worked for"
+"Before doing a repair, verify that the Family Tree can really no longer be "
+" opened, as the database back-end can recover from some errors automatically.\n\n"
+"<b>Details:</b> Repairing a Family Tree actually uses the last backup of"
+" the Family Tree, which Gramps stored on last use. If you have worked for"
 " several hours/days without closing Gramps, then all this information will"
-" be lost! If repairing fails, the original family tree will have been lost"
-" forever also. Hence a backup is needed. If repair fails or if you loose too"
-" much information on repair, you can fix the original family tree manually."
-" See for this the webpage\n"
+" be lost! If the repair fails, then the original family tree will be lost"
+" forever, hence a backup is needed. If the repair fails, or too much"
+" information is lost, you can fix the original family tree manually."
+" For details, see the webpage\n"
 "http://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recover_corrupted_family_tree\n"
-"Before doing a repair, try to open the family tree in the normal manner,"
-" several errors that can automatically be fixed can trigger the repair button."
-" If in this case, you can disable the repair button by removing the"
-" file <i>need_recover</i> in the family tree directory"
+"Before doing a repair, try to open the family tree in the normal manner."
+" Several errors that trigger the repair button can be fixed automatically."
+" If this is the case, you can disable the repair button by removing the"
+" file <i>need_recover</i> in the family tree directory."
 ) % dirname,
-            _("Proceed, I took a backup"),
+            _("Proceed, I have taken a backup"),
             _("Stop"))
         prompt = yes_no.run()
         if not prompt: