diff --git a/src/items/use-declarations.md b/src/items/use-declarations.md
index c17c6f046..397123dc1 100644
--- a/src/items/use-declarations.md
+++ b/src/items/use-declarations.md
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ m!(use std as _;);
 The following are restrictions for valid `use` declarations.
 
 * `use crate;` must use `as` to define the name to bind the crate root to.
-* `use {self};` is an error, there must be a leading segment when using `self`.
+* `use {self};` is an error; there must be a leading segment when using `self`.
 * As with any item definition, `use` imports cannot create duplicate bindings of the same name in the same namespace in a module or block.
 * `use` paths with `$crate` are not allowed in a [`macro_rules`] expansion.
 * `use` paths cannot refer to enum variants through a [type alias]. Example:
@@ -338,9 +338,9 @@ The following are restrictions for valid `use` declarations.
 
 > **Note**: This section is incomplete.
 
-Some situations are an error when there is an ambiguity as to which name a `use` declaration refers to, when there are two name candidates that do not resolve to the same entity.
+Some situations are an error when there is an ambiguity as to which name a `use` declaration refers. This happens when there are two name candidates that do not resolve to the same entity.
 
-Glob imports are allowed to import conflicting names in the same namespaces as long as the name is not used or shadowed.
+Glob imports are allowed to import conflicting names in the same namespace as long as the name is not used or shadowed.
 Example:
 
 ```rust
diff --git a/src/paths.md b/src/paths.md
index 26acd489d..b3097dedd 100644
--- a/src/paths.md
+++ b/src/paths.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Paths
 
 A *path* is a sequence of one or more path segments separated by `::` tokens.
-They are used to refer to [items], values, [types], [macros], and [attributes].
+Paths are used to refer to [items], values, [types], [macros], and [attributes].
 
 Two examples of simple paths consisting of only identifier segments:
 
@@ -224,13 +224,12 @@ impl S {
 `Self`, with a capital "S", is used to refer to the current type being implemented or defined. It may be used in the following situations:
 
 * In a [trait] definition, it refers to the type implementing the trait.
-* In an [implementation], it refers to the implementing type.
+* In an [implementation], it refers to the type being implemented.
   When implementing a tuple or unit [struct], it also refers to the constructor in the [value namespace].
-* In the definition of a [struct], [enumeration], or [union], it refers to the defining type.
+* In the definition of a [struct], [enumeration], or [union], it refers to the type being defined.
   The definition is not allowed to be infinitely recursive (there must be an indirection).
 
-The scope of `Self` behaves similarly to a generic parameter, see the [scopes chapter] for more details.
-<!-- TODO: update link to #self-scope once /~https://github.com/rust-lang/reference/pull/1040 is merged. -->
+The scope of `Self` behaves similarly to a generic parameter; see the [`Self` scope] section for more details.
 
 `Self` can only be used as the first segment, without a preceding `::`.
 The `Self` path cannot include generic arguments (as in `Self::<i32>`).
@@ -425,6 +424,7 @@ mod without { // crate::without
 [implementations]: items/implementations.md
 [use declarations]: items/use-declarations.md
 [IDENTIFIER]: identifiers.md
+[`Self` scope]: names/scopes.md#self-scope
 [`use`]: items/use-declarations.md
 [attributes]: attributes.md
 [enumeration]: items/enumerations.md
@@ -435,7 +435,6 @@ mod without { // crate::without
 [macros]: macros.md
 [mbe]: macros-by-example.md
 [patterns]: patterns.md
-[scopes chapter]: names/scopes.md
 [struct]: items/structs.md
 [trait implementations]: items/implementations.md#trait-implementations
 [trait]: items/traits.md