diff --git a/core/commands/bitswap.go b/core/commands/bitswap.go
index 854a2a9a1..aff10ff3e 100644
--- a/core/commands/bitswap.go
+++ b/core/commands/bitswap.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 var BitswapCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline:          "A set of commands to manipulate the bitswap agent.",
+		Tagline:          "Interact with the bitswap agent.",
 		ShortDescription: ``,
 	},
 	Subcommands: map[string]*cmds.Command{
diff --git a/core/commands/block.go b/core/commands/block.go
index 7a0e61a71..6a2ed0da8 100644
--- a/core/commands/block.go
+++ b/core/commands/block.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (bs BlockStat) String() string {
 
 var BlockCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Manipulate raw IPFS blocks.",
+		Tagline: "Interact with raw IPFS blocks.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 'ipfs block' is a plumbing command used to manipulate raw ipfs blocks.
 Reads from stdin or writes to stdout, and <key> is a base58 encoded
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ It outputs to stdout, and <key> is a base58 encoded multihash.
 
 var blockPutCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Stores input as an IPFS block.",
+		Tagline: "Store input as an IPFS block.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 'ipfs block put' is a plumbing command for storing raw ipfs blocks.
 It reads from stdin, and <key> is a base58 encoded multihash.
diff --git a/core/commands/bootstrap.go b/core/commands/bootstrap.go
index 0c0e682a7..9a61033ec 100644
--- a/core/commands/bootstrap.go
+++ b/core/commands/bootstrap.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ in the bootstrap list).`,
 
 var bootstrapRemoveCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Removes peers from the bootstrap list.",
+		Tagline: "Remove peers from the bootstrap list.",
 		ShortDescription: `Outputs the list of peers that were removed.
 ` + bootstrapSecurityWarning,
 	},
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ var bootstrapRemoveCmd = &cmds.Command{
 
 var bootstrapRemoveAllCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline:          "Removes all peers from the bootstrap list.",
+		Tagline:          "Remove all peers from the bootstrap list.",
 		ShortDescription: `Outputs the list of peers that were removed.`,
 	},
 
diff --git a/core/commands/config.go b/core/commands/config.go
index 09a106f50..fedae5292 100644
--- a/core/commands/config.go
+++ b/core/commands/config.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Set the value of the 'datastore.path' key:
 
 var configShowCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Outputs the content of the config file.",
+		Tagline: "Output config file contents.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 WARNING: Your private key is stored in the config file, and it will be
 included in the output of this command.
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ included in the output of this command.
 
 var configEditCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Opens the config file for editing in $EDITOR.",
+		Tagline: "Open the config file for editing in $EDITOR.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 To use 'ipfs config edit', you must have the $EDITOR environment
 variable set to your preferred text editor.
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ variable set to your preferred text editor.
 
 var configReplaceCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Replaces the config with <file>.",
+		Tagline: "Replace the config with <file>.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 Make sure to back up the config file first if neccessary, as this operation
 can't be undone.
diff --git a/core/commands/diag.go b/core/commands/diag.go
index 09a45f26a..e6ba9671f 100644
--- a/core/commands/diag.go
+++ b/core/commands/diag.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var DefaultDiagnosticTimeout = time.Second * 20
 
 var DiagCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Generates diagnostic reports.",
+		Tagline: "Generate diagnostic reports.",
 	},
 
 	Subcommands: map[string]*cmds.Command{
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var DiagCmd = &cmds.Command{
 
 var diagNetCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Generates a network diagnostics report.",
+		Tagline: "Generate a network diagnostics report.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 Sends out a message to each node in the network recursively
 requesting a listing of data about them including number of
diff --git a/core/commands/dns.go b/core/commands/dns.go
index 3468aed2a..4a371eafd 100644
--- a/core/commands/dns.go
+++ b/core/commands/dns.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 var DNSCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "DNS link resolver.",
+		Tagline: "Resolve DNS links.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 Multihashes are hard to remember, but domain names are usually easy to
 remember.  To create memorable aliases for multihashes, DNS TXT
diff --git a/core/commands/files/files.go b/core/commands/files/files.go
index 750cddaa9..ce6c6522e 100644
--- a/core/commands/files/files.go
+++ b/core/commands/files/files.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var log = logging.Logger("cmds/files")
 
 var FilesCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Manipulate unixfs files.",
+		Tagline: "Interact with unixfs files.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 Files is an API for manipulating IPFS objects as if they were a unix
 filesystem.
diff --git a/core/commands/ipns.go b/core/commands/ipns.go
index 10fc88563..c5d340518 100644
--- a/core/commands/ipns.go
+++ b/core/commands/ipns.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 var IpnsCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Gets the value currently published at an IPNS name.",
+		Tagline: "Get the value currently published at an IPNS name.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 IPNS is a PKI namespace, where names are the hashes of public keys, and
 the private key enables publishing new (signed) values. In resolve, the
diff --git a/core/commands/mount_nofuse.go b/core/commands/mount_nofuse.go
index 6805da4ab..0c58a06cc 100644
--- a/core/commands/mount_nofuse.go
+++ b/core/commands/mount_nofuse.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 var MountCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Mounts IPFS to the filesystem (disabled).",
+		Tagline: "Mount IPFS to the filesystem (disabled).",
 		ShortDescription: `
 This version of ipfs is compiled without fuse support, which is required
 for mounting. If you'd like to be able to mount, please use a version of
diff --git a/core/commands/mount_unix.go b/core/commands/mount_unix.go
index d15424f53..8f0911c07 100644
--- a/core/commands/mount_unix.go
+++ b/core/commands/mount_unix.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 var MountCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Mounts IPFS to the filesystem (read-only).",
+		Tagline: "Mount IPFS to the filesystem (read-only).",
 		ShortDescription: `
 Mount ipfs at a read-only mountpoint on the OS (default: /ipfs and /ipns).
 All ipfs objects will be accessible under that directory. Note that the
diff --git a/core/commands/name.go b/core/commands/name.go
index 92810997c..6d9f945f9 100644
--- a/core/commands/name.go
+++ b/core/commands/name.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ type IpnsEntry struct {
 
 var NameCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "IPFS namespace (IPNS) tool.",
+		Tagline: "Interact with the IPFS namespace (IPNS).",
 		ShortDescription: `
 IPNS is a PKI namespace, where names are the hashes of public keys, and
 the private key enables publishing new (signed) values. In both publish
diff --git a/core/commands/object/diff.go b/core/commands/object/diff.go
index f7b040448..1e62c0528 100644
--- a/core/commands/object/diff.go
+++ b/core/commands/object/diff.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type Changes struct {
 
 var ObjectDiffCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Takes a diff of the two given objects.",
+		Tagline: "Display the diff between two ipfs objects.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 'ipfs object diff' is a command used to show the differences between
 two ipfs objects.`,
diff --git a/core/commands/object/object.go b/core/commands/object/object.go
index 7580b4a65..1cc7a5204 100644
--- a/core/commands/object/object.go
+++ b/core/commands/object/object.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ directly.`,
 
 var ObjectDataCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Outputs the raw bytes in an IPFS object.",
+		Tagline: "Output the raw bytes of an IPFS object.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 'ipfs object data' is a plumbing command for retrieving the raw bytes stored
 in a DAG node. It outputs to stdout, and <key> is a base58 encoded multihash.
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ is the raw data of the object.
 
 var ObjectLinksCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Outputs the links pointed to by the specified object.",
+		Tagline: "Output the links pointed to by the specified object.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 'ipfs object links' is a plumbing command for retrieving the links from
 a DAG node. It outputs to stdout, and <key> is a base58 encoded
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ var ObjectStatCmd = &cmds.Command{
 
 var ObjectPutCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Stores input as a DAG object, outputs its key.",
+		Tagline: "Store input as a DAG object, print its key.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 'ipfs object put' is a plumbing command for storing DAG nodes.
 It reads from stdin, and the output is a base58 encoded multihash.
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ And then run:
 
 var ObjectNewCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Creates a new object from an ipfs template.",
+		Tagline: "Create a new object from an ipfs template.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 'ipfs object new' is a plumbing command for creating new DAG nodes.
 `,
diff --git a/core/commands/pin.go b/core/commands/pin.go
index 0842b35ca..95b86a22b 100644
--- a/core/commands/pin.go
+++ b/core/commands/pin.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type PinOutput struct {
 
 var addPinCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline:          "Pins objects to local storage.",
+		Tagline:          "Pin objects to local storage.",
 		ShortDescription: "Stores an IPFS object(s) from a given path locally to disk.",
 	},
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ var addPinCmd = &cmds.Command{
 
 var rmPinCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Removes the pinned object from local storage.",
+		Tagline: "Remove pinned objects from local storage.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 Removes the pin from the given object allowing it to be garbage
 collected if needed. (By default, recursively. Use -r=false for direct pins)
diff --git a/core/commands/refs.go b/core/commands/refs.go
index ac06bd2af..0fd4b7735 100644
--- a/core/commands/refs.go
+++ b/core/commands/refs.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func KeyListTextMarshaler(res cmds.Response) (io.Reader, error) {
 
 var RefsCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Lists links (references) from an object.",
+		Tagline: "List links (references) from an object.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 Lists the hashes of all the links an IPFS or IPNS object(s) contains,
 with the following format:
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ NOTE: List all references recursively by using the flag '-r'.
 
 var RefsLocalCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Lists all local references.",
+		Tagline: "List all local references.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 Displays the hashes of all local objects.
 `,
diff --git a/core/commands/repo.go b/core/commands/repo.go
index 7e80c99a0..8e00b545c 100644
--- a/core/commands/repo.go
+++ b/core/commands/repo.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type RepoVersion struct {
 
 var RepoCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Manipulate the IPFS repo.",
+		Tagline: "Interact with the IPFS repo.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 'ipfs repo' is a plumbing command used to manipulate the repo.
 `,
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Version         string The repo version.
 
 var RepoFsckCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Removes repo lockfiles.",
+		Tagline: "Remove repo lockfiles.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 'ipfs repo fsck' is a plumbing command that will remove repo and level db
 lockfiles, as well as the api file. This command can only run when no ipfs
diff --git a/core/commands/swarm.go b/core/commands/swarm.go
index 4703a6bfe..e4cd87e39 100644
--- a/core/commands/swarm.go
+++ b/core/commands/swarm.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type addrMap struct {
 
 var SwarmCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Swarm inspection tool.",
+		Tagline: "Interact with the swarm.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 'ipfs swarm' is a tool to manipulate the network swarm. The swarm is the
 component that opens, listens for, and maintains connections to other
diff --git a/core/commands/sysdiag.go b/core/commands/sysdiag.go
index 98b6ae76c..00e9a082a 100644
--- a/core/commands/sysdiag.go
+++ b/core/commands/sysdiag.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 var sysDiagCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Prints out system diagnostic information.",
+		Tagline: "Print system diagnostic information.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 Prints out information about your computer to aid in easier debugging.
 `,
diff --git a/core/commands/tar.go b/core/commands/tar.go
index 074478184..7334c725d 100644
--- a/core/commands/tar.go
+++ b/core/commands/tar.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 var TarCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "Utility functions for tar files in IPFS.",
+		Tagline: "Interact with tar files in IPFS.",
 	},
 
 	Subcommands: map[string]*cmds.Command{
diff --git a/core/commands/tour.go b/core/commands/tour.go
index e82bf1b34..7da97eb16 100644
--- a/core/commands/tour.go
+++ b/core/commands/tour.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 var tourCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline: "An introduction to IPFS.",
+		Tagline: "Provide an introduction to IPFS.",
 		ShortDescription: `
 This is a tour that takes you through various IPFS concepts,
 features, and tools to make sure you get up to speed with
diff --git a/core/commands/version.go b/core/commands/version.go
index ab7761fa6..c511b8a98 100644
--- a/core/commands/version.go
+++ b/core/commands/version.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type VersionOutput struct {
 
 var VersionCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
-		Tagline:          "Shows ipfs version information.",
+		Tagline:          "Show ipfs version information.",
 		ShortDescription: "Returns the current version of ipfs and exits.",
 	},