diff --git a/quick_tour/the_big_picture.rst b/quick_tour/the_big_picture.rst
index d1b836fa2e4..aa70e88dd75 100644
--- a/quick_tour/the_big_picture.rst
+++ b/quick_tour/the_big_picture.rst
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ very easy).
 
 .. tip::
    The sandbox defaults to YAML, but you can easily switch to XML or PHP by
-   editing the ``config/AppKernel.php`` file. You can switch now by looking at
-   the bottom of ``config/AppKernel.php`` for instructions (the tutorials show
-   the configuration for all supported formats).
+   editing the ``app/AppKernel.php`` file. You can switch now by looking at the
+   bottom of ``app/AppKernel.php`` for instructions (the tutorials show the
+   configuration for all supported formats).
 
 .. index::
    single: Routing
diff --git a/quick_tour/the_controller.rst b/quick_tour/the_controller.rst
index 19f86c0b1d9..71aed9f4db5 100644
--- a/quick_tour/the_controller.rst
+++ b/quick_tour/the_controller.rst
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ the ``router`` helper before. It takes the route name and an array of parameters
 as arguments and returns the associated friendly URL.
 
 You can also easily forward the action to another one with the ``forward()``
-method. As for the ``$view['actions']`` helper, it makes an internal
-sub-request, but it returns the ``Response`` object to allow for further
-modification if the need arises::
+method. As for the ``actions`` helper, it makes an internal sub-request, but it
+returns the ``Response`` object to allow for further modification if the need
+arises::
 
     $response = $this->forward('HelloBundle:Hello:fancy', array('name' => $name, 'color' => 'green'));
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ to the ``Request`` object::
 
     $request->request->get('page'); // get a $_POST parameter
 
-In a template, you can also access the request object via the ``request``
+In a template, you can also access the ``Request`` object via the ``request``
 helper:
 
 .. code-block:: html+php
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ from any controller::
     // in another controller for another request
     $foo = $this['request']->getSession()->get('foo');
 
-    // get/set the user culture
+    // set the user locale
     $this['request']->getSession()->setLocale('fr');
 
 You can also store small messages that will only be available for the very
@@ -251,5 +251,5 @@ Final Thoughts
 
 That's all there is to it, and I'm not even sure we have spent the allocated
 10 minutes. In the previous part, we saw how to extend the templating system
-with helpers. But everything can extended or replaced in Symfony2 with
+with helpers. But everything can be extended or replaced in Symfony2 with
 bundles. That's the topic of the next part of this tutorial.