diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 51e18bc14..f046ace0d 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Following this checklist to help us incorporate your
+Follow this checklist to help us incorporate your
 contribution quickly and easily:
 
 - [ ] Your pull request should address just one issue, without pulling in other changes.
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ If your pull request is about ~20 lines of code you don't need to sign an
 [Individual Contributor License Agreement](https://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.pdf) if you are unsure
 please ask on the developers list.
 
-To make clear that you license your contribution under
+Acknowledge that you license your contribution under
 the [Apache License Version 2.0, January 2004](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
-you have to acknowledge this by using the following check-box.
+by checking one of the following check boxes.
 
-- [ ] I hereby declare this contribution to be licenced under the [Apache License Version 2.0, January 2004](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
-- [ ] In any other case, please file an [Apache Individual Contributor License Agreement](https://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.pdf).
+- [ ] I hereby declare this contribution to be licensed under the [Apache License Version 2.0, January 2004](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
+- [ ] I have filed an [Apache Individual Contributor License Agreement](https://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.pdf).