diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4abe95f..7f25b87 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 Polymorphic Models for Django
 =============================
 
+Django-polymorphic simplifies using inherited models in Django projects.
+When a query is made at the base model, the inherited model classes are returned!
+
 What is django_polymorphic good for?
 ------------------------------------
 
-Let's assume the models ``ArtProject`` and ``ResearchProject`` are derived
-from the model ``Project``, and stored in the database:
+Let's take the models ``ArtProject`` and ``ResearchProject`` which inherit
+from the model ``Project``, and store them in the database:
 
 >>> Project.objects.create(topic="Department Party")
 >>> ArtProject.objects.create(topic="Painting with Tim", artist="T. Turner")
@@ -37,12 +40,12 @@ Features
 * ORM integration:
 
  * support for ForeignKey, ManyToManyField, OneToOneField descriptors.
- * Filtering/ordering of derived models (``ArtProject___artist``).
+ * Filtering/ordering of inherited models (``ArtProject___artist``).
  * Filtering model types: ``instance_of(...)`` and ``not_instance_of(...)``
  * Combining querysets of different models (``qs3 = qs1 | qs2``)
  * Support for custom user-defined managers.
 
-* Uses the minumum amount of queries needed to fetch the derived models.
+* Uses the minumum amount of queries needed to fetch the inherited models.
 * Disabling polymorphic behavior when needed.
 
 While *django-polymorphic* makes subclassed models easy to use in Django,
diff --git a/docs/advanced.rst b/docs/advanced.rst
index 4a652e8..2d24159 100644
--- a/docs/advanced.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced.rst
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ You can also use this feature in Q-objects (with the same result as above):
 >>> ModelA.objects.filter( Q(instance_of=ModelB) )
 
 
-Polymorphic filtering (for fields in derived classes)
------------------------------------------------------
+Polymorphic filtering (for fields in inherited classes)
+-------------------------------------------------------
 
 For example, cherrypicking objects from multiple derived classes
 anywhere in the inheritance tree, using Q objects (with the
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ About Queryset Methods
     the base class, but this should never make a difference.
 
 *   ``select_related()`` works just as usual, but it can not (yet) be used
-    to select relations in derived models
+    to select relations in inherited models
     (like ``ModelA.objects.select_related('ModelC___fieldxy')`` )
 
 *   ``extra()`` works as expected (it returns polymorphic results) but
diff --git a/docs/changelog_archive.rst b/docs/changelog_archive.rst
index c491e39..994da58 100644
--- a/docs/changelog_archive.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog_archive.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Bugfixes
 ~~~~~~~~
 
 *   Custom fields could cause problems when used as the primary key.
-    In derived models, Django's automatic ".pk" field does not always work
+    In inherited models, Django's automatic ".pk" field does not always work
     correctly for such custom fields: "some_object.pk" and "some_object.id"
     return different results (which they shouldn't, as pk should always be just
     an alias for the primary key field). It's unclear yet if the problem lies in
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index fbd9a97..f1fe11a 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Welcome to django-polymorphic's documentation!
 Django-polymorphic simplifies using inherited models in Django projects.
 When a query is made at the base model, the inherited model classes are returned.
 
-When we store models that derive from a ``Project`` model...
+When we store models that inherit from a ``Project`` model...
 
 >>> Project.objects.create(topic="Department Party")
 >>> ArtProject.objects.create(topic="Painting with Tim", artist="T. Turner")
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ Features
 
  * support for ForeignKey, ManyToManyField, OneToOneField descriptors.
  * support for proxy models
- * Filtering/ordering of derived models (``ArtProject___artist``).
+ * Filtering/ordering of inherited models (``ArtProject___artist``).
  * Filtering model types: ``instance_of(...)`` and ``not_instance_of(...)``
  * Combining querysets of different models (``qs3 = qs1 | qs2``)
  * Support for custom user-defined managers.
 
-* Uses the minumum amount of queries needed to fetch the derived models.
+* Uses the minumum amount of queries needed to fetch the inherited models.
 * Disabling polymorphic behavior when needed.