Minor doc refinements

README.rst

@@ -25,16 +25,15 @@
 Welcome to nose2
 ================
 
-nose2's purpose is to extend ``unittest`` to make testing nicer and easier to
-understand.
+nose2's extends ``unittest`` to make testing nicer.
 
 nose2 vs nose
 -------------
 
 ``nose2`` originated as the successor to ``nose``.
 
-``nose2`` is a new project and does not support all of the features of
-``nose``. See `differences`_ for a thorough rundown.
+``nose2`` is a distinct project and does not support all of the behaviors of ``nose``.
+See `differences`_ for a thorough rundown.
 
 nose2 vs pytest
 ---------------

contributing.rst

@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
 Contributing to nose2
 =====================
 
-Please do! nose2 cannot move forward without contributions from the
-testing community.
-
-If you're unsure how to get started, feel free to ask for help from the nose2
-community via the `mailing list <mailto:[email protected]>`_.
+Please do!
 
 The Basics
 ----------
 
-nose2 is hosted on `github`_ and use GitHub for issue tracking.
+nose2 is hosted on `github`_ and uses GitHub for issue tracking.
 
 Please report issues and make feature requests here:
 https://github.com/nose-devs/nose2/issues
 
-Submit changes as GitHub Pull Requests.
-
 Code Contributions
 ------------------