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initializr-docs/src/main/asciidoc/configuration-guide.adoc

@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ according to the chosen generation.
 Convenient implementations for those concepts are available:
 
 * A `Build` abstraction model with dedicated models for Apache Maven and Gradle. A writer
-abstraction to generate `pom.xml`, `build.gradle` and `settings.gradle` files is also
-available
+abstraction that can generate build files for Maven (`pom.xml`) and Gradle
+(`build.gradle` and `settings.gradle` or `build.gradle.kts` and `settings.gradle.kts`)
+is also available
 * Out-of-the-box support for `jar` and `war` packaging
 * Source code model and writers for Java, Kotlin and Apache Groovy
 

initializr-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [partintro]
 --
 If you're wondering how to use https://start.spring.io or what features are available,
-this section is for you! You'll find the various way you can interact with the service and
+this section is for you! You'll find the various ways you can interact with the service and
 get a better insight at what you can do with it.
 --
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ get a better insight at what you can do with it.
 
 [[getting-started]]
 == Getting Started
-Let's create a first project and discover the various options that you can use to tune it.
+Let's create a project and discover the various options that you can use to tune it.
 Go to https://start.spring.io, change the `Group` field from "com.example" to "org.acme"
 and put the focus in the `Dependencies` field below. If you type "web", you will see a
 list of matching choices with that simple criteria. Use the mouse or the arrow keys and
@@ -54,20 +54,20 @@ A typical project generated by Spring Initializr contains a Spring Boot applicat
 (`DemoApplication`), a test and an empty configuration. If you run the `main` method
 of `DemoApplication`, you'll see an "empty" spring boot app starting on localhost:8080.
 
-Because Spring Initializr has detected it is a web application, a `static` and `templates`
-directories have been created to hold your static resources and ui templates.
+Because Spring Initializr has detected it is a web application, the `static` and `templates`
+directories have been created to hold your static resources and UI templates.
 
 Also, a Maven wrapper is automatically included so that you don't have to install Maven to
 run this project (you can build it with `./mvnw install`). If you prefer, you can select
 Gradle instead in the first option at the top of the screen. This will generate a
-Gradle-based project instead that also contains a wrapper if you don't have Gradle
+Gradle-based project that also contains a wrapper which can be used if you don't have Gradle
 installed (build it with `./gradlew build`).
 
 
 
 [[getting-started-advanced-options]]
 === Advanced options
-Next to the `Artifact` you'll find a "More options" link. If you click on that, you'll see
+Below the `Artifact` form field, you'll find an "Options" link. If you click on that, you'll see
 all the available options. Let's browse through them quickly:
 
 * *Group*: project coordinates (id of the project's group, as referred by the `groupId`
@@ -90,16 +90,16 @@ Maven). start.spring.io can generate jar or war projects
 === Dependencies
 The UI allows you to select the Spring Boot version you want to use. You may want to be
 conservative and keep the default which corresponds at all times to the latest stable
-release. Or you may want to chose a milestone or snapshot of the next major
+release. Or you may want to choose a milestone or snapshot of the next major
 version. Either way, you'll notice that certain dependencies become available and others
 aren't anymore when you change the version.
 
-If you are searching for a dependency that you know to be available and you get a red
-panel, it will indicate that you cannot use it with the currently selected Spring Boot
+If you search for a dependency that you know to be available and you get a disabled
+panel, it indicates that you cannot use it with the currently selected Spring Boot
 version;
 
 ```
-requires Spring Boot >=1.5.0.RELEASE and <2.0.0.RELEASE
+Requires Spring Boot >=1.5.0.RELEASE and <2.0.0.RELEASE
 ```
 
 Concretely, this defines a "version range" that states the dependency is deprecated and is
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ related project to understand what your migration path can be. Alternatively, th
 could be:
 
 ```
-requires Spring Boot >=2.1.0.RELEASE
+Requires Spring Boot >=2.1.0.RELEASE
 ```
 
-That version range means the dependency is not available with the current Spring Boot
-generation. Obviously, if you select Spring Boot 2.1 (or later if available), you'll be
+That version range means the dependency is not available with the selected Spring Boot
+generation. If you select Spring Boot 2.1 (or later if available), you'll be
 able to select that dependency.
 
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ https://start.spring.io/#!language=kotlin&type=gradle-project
 The following attributes are supported:
 
 * Programming language: `language` (`java`, `groovy` or `kotlin`)
-* Java version: `javaVersion` (`1.8`, `11`)
+* Java version: `javaVersion` (`1.8`, `11`, `12`)
 * Project type: `type` (`maven-project`, `gradle-project`)
 * Packaging: `packaging` (`jar`, `war`)
 * Group: `groupId`
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ installed invoke `curl https://start.spring.io` on the command-line (or alternat
 The result is a textual representation of the capabilities of the service that are split
 in three sections:
 
-First, a table that describes the available project's types. On the default instance,
+First, a table that describes the available project types. On the default instance,
 you'll find the `maven-project` and `gradle-project` we've discussed above but you'll
 also be able to generate only a build script rather than an entire project.