doc: improve wording

This tightens up the wording in ripgrep's opening description. It's used
in several places, so we update all of them.

Closes #1881

5 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5d6c83b1..4373560d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ name = "ripgrep"
 version = "12.1.1"  #:version
 authors = ["Andrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com>"]
 description = """
-ripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches your current
-directory for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore rules. ripgrep
-has first class support on Windows, macOS and Linux.
+ripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current
+directory for a regex pattern while respecting gitignore rules. ripgrep has
+first class support on Windows, macOS and Linux.
 """
 documentation = "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep"
 homepage = "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ea9b636..18037a1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ripgrep (rg)
 ------------
-ripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches your current
-directory for a regex pattern. By default, ripgrep will respect your .gitignore
+ripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current
+directory for a regex pattern. By default, ripgrep will respect gitignore rules
 and automatically skip hidden files/directories and binary files. ripgrep
 has first class support on Windows, macOS and Linux, with binary downloads
 available for [every release](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases).
diff --git a/RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md b/RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md
index 255708f3..c42bbd5d 100644
--- a/RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md
+++ b/RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ Release Checklist
 * Copy the relevant section of the CHANGELOG to the tagged release notes.
   Include this blurb describing what ripgrep is:
   > In case you haven't heard of it before, ripgrep is a line-oriented search
-  > tool that recursively searches your current directory for a regex pattern.
-  > By default, ripgrep will respect your gitignore rules and automatically
-  > skip hidden files/directories and binary files.
+  > tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern.
+  > By default, ripgrep will respect gitignore rules and automatically skip
+  > hidden files/directories and binary files.
 * Run `ci/build-deb` locally and manually upload the deb package to the
   release.
 * Run `cargo publish`.
diff --git a/crates/core/app.rs b/crates/core/app.rs
index 496eef38..cca35111 100644
--- a/crates/core/app.rs
+++ b/crates/core/app.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ use clap::{self, crate_authors, crate_version, App, AppSettings};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
 const ABOUT: &str = "
-ripgrep (rg) recursively searches your current directory for a regex pattern.
-By default, ripgrep will respect your .gitignore and automatically skip hidden
+ripgrep (rg) recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern.
+By default, ripgrep will respect gitignore rules and automatically skip hidden
 files/directories and binary files.
 
 Use -h for short descriptions and --help for more details.
diff --git a/doc/rg.1.txt.tpl b/doc/rg.1.txt.tpl
index aef86746..27f57dd8 100644
--- a/doc/rg.1.txt.tpl
+++ b/doc/rg.1.txt.tpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ rg(1)
 
 Name
 ----
-rg - recursively search current directory for lines matching a pattern
+rg - recursively search the current directory for lines matching a pattern
 
 
 Synopsis
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Synopsis
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-ripgrep (rg) recursively searches your current directory for a regex pattern.
+ripgrep (rg) recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern.
 By default, ripgrep will respect your .gitignore and automatically skip hidden
 files/directories and binary files.
 
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ _PATH_::
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
-Note that for many options, there exist flags to disable them. In some cases,
-those flags are not listed in a first class way below. For example, the
-*--column* flag (listed below) enables column numbers in ripgrep's output, but
-the *--no-column* flag (not listed below) disables them. The reverse can also
+Note that many options can be disabled via flags. In some cases, those flags
+are not listed in a first class way below. For example, the *--column*
+flag (listed below) enables column numbers in ripgrep's output, but the
+*--no-column* flag (not listed below) disables them. The reverse can also
 exist. For example, the *--no-ignore* flag (listed below) disables ripgrep's
 *gitignore* logic, but the *--ignore* flag (not listed below) enables it. These
 flags are useful for overriding a ripgrep configuration file on the command