diff --git a/docs/source/admin/log-messages.md b/docs/source/admin/log-messages.md
index 1970ad8d..cda307df 100644
--- a/docs/source/admin/log-messages.md
+++ b/docs/source/admin/log-messages.md
@@ -8,19 +8,20 @@ log messages, what they mean and what are the most common causes that generated
 
 ### Example
 
-Your log might display lines that seem cryptic
+Your logs might be littered with lines that look scary
 
 ```
 [W 2022-03-10 17:25:19.774 JupyterHub base:1349] Failing suspected API request to not-running server: /hub/user/<user-name>/api/metrics/v1
 ```
 
-### Most likely cause
+### Cause
 
-The possible reason may be that the user's server has stopped running
-but they still have a browser tab open. For example, you might have 3 tabs open and you shut
+This likely means that the user's server has stopped running but they
+still have a browser tab open. For example, you might have 3 tabs open and you shut
 the server down via one.
-The other possible reason could be that you closed your laptop and the server was culled for inactivity, then reopened the laptop!
+Another possible reason could be that you closed your laptop and the server was culled for inactivity, then reopened the laptop!
 However, the client-side code (JupyterLab, Classic Notebook, etc) doesn't interpret the shut-down server and continues to make some API requests.
+
 JupyterHub's architecture means that the proxy routes all requests that
 don't go to a running user server to the hub process itself. The hub
 process then explicitly returns a failure response, so the client knows