diff --git a/services/thumbnails/README.md b/services/thumbnails/README.md
index 78cbea827ca..1897878d0df 100644
--- a/services/thumbnails/README.md
+++ b/services/thumbnails/README.md
@@ -90,17 +90,17 @@ To have more control over memory (and CPU) consumption the maximum number of con
 
 If a resource is shared using SecureView, the share reciever will get a 403 (forbidden) response when requesting a thumbnail. The requesting client needs to decide what to show and usually a placeholder thumbnail is used.
 
-## Using libvips for thumbnail generation
+## Using libvips for Thumbnail Generation
 
-To improve performance (and to support a wider range of images formats) the thumbnails service is able to utilize libvips (https://www.libvips.org/) for thumbnail generation. Support for libvips needs to be
+To improve performance and to support a wider range of images formats, the thumbnails service is able to utilize the [libvips library](https://www.libvips.org/) for thumbnail generation. Support for libvips needs to be
 enabled at buildtime and has a couple of implications:
 
-*  With libvips support enabled it is not possible to create a statically linked ocis binary
-*  So the libvips shared libraries need to be available at runtime in the same release that was used to build the ocis binary
-*  When using the ocis docker images the libvips shared libraries are included in the image
+*  With libvips support enabled, it is not possible to create a statically linked ocis binary.
+*  Therefore, the libvips shared libraries need to be available at runtime in the same release that was used to build the ocis binary.
+*  When using the ocis docker images, the libvips shared libraries are included in the image and are correctly embedded.
 
-Support of libvips is disabled by default. To enable it make sure libvips and its buildtime dependencies are install in your build environment. Then just set
-the `ENABLE_VIPS` variable on the `make` command:
+Support of libvips is disabled by default. To enable it, make sure libvips and its buildtime dependencies are installed in your build environment.
+Then you just need to set the `ENABLE_VIPS` variable on the `make` command:
 
 ```shell
 make -C ocis build ENABLE_VIPS=1