diff --git a/development/quilt/README b/development/quilt/README
index 6e2ed8bc23..e993fcb5e6 100644
--- a/development/quilt/README
+++ b/development/quilt/README
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-These scripts allow to manage a series of patches by keeping track of the
-changes each patch makes.  Patches can be applied, un-applied, refreshed, etc.
+These scripts allow to manage a series of patches by keeping track
+of the changes each patch makes.  Patches can be applied, un-applied,
+refreshed, etc.
 
-The key philosophical concept is that your primary output is patches - not ".c"
-files, not ".h" files, but patches, so patches are the first-class object here.
+The key philosophical concept is that your primary output is patches
+- not ".c" files, not ".h" files, but patches, so patches are the
+first-class object here.
 
-Quilt was originally based on Andrew Morton's patch scripts published on the
-linux kernel mailing list a while ago, but were heavily modified since then.
+Quilt was originally based on Andrew Morton's patch scripts published
+on the linux kernel mailing list a while ago, but were heavily modified
+since then.