diff --git a/common/models/block.json b/common/models/block.json
index ff96ef5b12..2230edd113 100644
--- a/common/models/block.json
+++ b/common/models/block.json
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
     "superBlock": {
       "type": "string",
       "required": true,
-      "description": "The super block that this block belongs too"
+      "description": "The super block that this block belongs to"
     },
     "order": {
       "type": "number",
       "required": true,
-      "description": "the order in which this block appears"
+      "description": "The order in which this block appears"
     },
     "name": {
       "type": "string",
diff --git a/common/models/challenge.json b/common/models/challenge.json
index 94d3c3f21b..e4cbd3b4a8 100644
--- a/common/models/challenge.json
+++ b/common/models/challenge.json
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@
     },
     "head": {
       "type": "array",
-      "description": "appended to user code",
+      "description": "Appended to user code",
       "default": []
     },
     "tail": {
       "type": "array",
-      "description": "prepended to user code",
+      "description": "Prepended to user code",
       "default": []
     },
     "helpRoom": {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     },
     "fileName": {
       "type": "string",
-      "description": "filename challenge comes from. Used in dev mode"
+      "description": "Filename challenge comes from. Used in dev mode"
     },
     "challengeSeed": {
       "type": "array"
diff --git a/common/models/job.json b/common/models/job.json
index cc5cfd8d8d..288d26b82f 100644
--- a/common/models/job.json
+++ b/common/models/job.json
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@
     "howToApply": {
       "type": "string",
       "required": true,
-      "description": "How do campers apply to job"
+      "description": "How campers apply to a job"
     },
     "promoCodeUsed": {
       "type": "string",
-      "description": "the promocode, if any, that the job uses"
+      "description": "The promocode, if any, that the job uses"
     }
   },
   "validations": [],
diff --git a/common/models/promo.json b/common/models/promo.json
index 71ba6849f0..eef51eb129 100644
--- a/common/models/promo.json
+++ b/common/models/promo.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "buttonId": {
       "type": "string",
       "required": true,
-      "description": "The id of paypal button"
+      "description": "The ID of the paypal button"
     },
     "type": {
       "type": "string",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     },
     "discountPercent": {
       "type": "number",
-      "description": "The amount of discount as a percentage if applicable"
+      "description": "The amount of the discount as a percentage if applicable"
     }
   },
   "validations": [],
diff --git a/common/models/user.json b/common/models/user.json
index 42588b4512..1711407656 100644
--- a/common/models/user.json
+++ b/common/models/user.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     },
     "isCheater": {
       "type": "boolean",
-      "description": "Users who are confirmed to break academic honesty policy are marked as cheaters",
+      "description": "Users who are confirmed to have broken academic honesty policy are marked as cheaters",
       "default": false
     },
     "isGithubCool": {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     "currentChallengeId": {
       "type": "string",
       "default": "",
-      "description": "the challenge last visited by the user"
+      "description": "The challenge last visited by the user"
     },
     "currentChallenge": {
       "type": {},
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     },
     "challengeMap": {
       "type": "object",
-      "description": "A map by id of all the user completed challenges",
+      "description": "A map by ID of all the user completed challenges",
       "default": {}
     },
     "completedChallenges": {
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
     },
     "languageTag": {
       "type": "string",
-      "description": "A IETF language tag",
+      "description": "An IETF language tag",
       "default": "en"
     }
   },