diff --git a/docs/FAQ.md b/docs/FAQ.md index 5a1c719ef9..e77e6693b8 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ.md +++ b/docs/FAQ.md @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Homebrew's pre-built binary packages (known as [bottles](Bottles.md)) of many pa ## Why is the default installation prefix `/opt/homebrew` on Apple Silicon? -The prefix `/opt/homebrew` was chosen to allow `/opt/homebrew` Apple Silicon and `/usr/local` Rosetta 2 installation to coexist and both use bottles. +The prefix `/opt/homebrew` was chosen to allow installations in `/opt/homebrew` for Apple Silicon and `/usr/local` for Rosetta 2 to coexist and use bottles. ## Why is the default installation prefix `/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew` on Linux? diff --git a/docs/Gems,-Eggs-and-Perl-Modules.md b/docs/Gems,-Eggs-and-Perl-Modules.md index d794184b67..22ea9e0f1a 100644 --- a/docs/Gems,-Eggs-and-Perl-Modules.md +++ b/docs/Gems,-Eggs-and-Perl-Modules.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ is probably safer than changing the group ownership of the directory. Habit maybe? One reason is executables go in `/usr/local/bin`. Usually this isn’t a -writable location. But if you installed Homebrew as we recommend on macOS Intel, +writable location. But if you installed Homebrew as we recommend on macOS Intel, `/usr/local` will be writable without sudo. So now you are good to install the development tools you need without risking the use of sudo.