diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-build/LocalizableStrings.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-build/LocalizableStrings.cs
index f8c16a793..7d2e44440 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-build/LocalizableStrings.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-build/LocalizableStrings.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
         public const string FrameworkOptionName = "FRAMEWORK";
 
-        public const string NoDependenciesOptionDescription = "Set this flag to ignore project to project references and only build the root project";
+        public const string NoDependenciesOptionDescription = "Set this flag to ignore project-to-project references and only build the root project";
 
         public const string NoIncrementialOptionDescription = "Disables incremental build.";
 
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-help/LocalizableStrings.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-help/LocalizableStrings.cs
index e0bcb37c0..5cf5864ba 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-help/LocalizableStrings.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-help/LocalizableStrings.cs
@@ -30,36 +30,36 @@
 
         public const string Commands = "Commands";
 
-        public const string NewDefinition = "Initialize a basic .NET project";
+        public const string NewDefinition = "Initialize .NET projects.";
 
-        public const string RestoreDefinition = "Restore dependencies specified in the .NET project";
+        public const string RestoreDefinition = "Restore dependencies specified in the .NET project.";
 
-        public const string BuildDefinition = "Builds a .NET project";
+        public const string BuildDefinition = "Builds a .NET project.";
 
-        public const string PublishDefinition = "Publishes a .NET project for deployment (including the runtime)";
+        public const string PublishDefinition = "Publishes a .NET project for deployment (including the runtime).";
 
-        public const string RunDefinition = "Compiles and immediately executes a .NET project";
+        public const string RunDefinition = "Compiles and immediately executes a .NET project.";
 
-        public const string TestDefinition = "Runs unit tests using the test runner specified in the project";
+        public const string TestDefinition = "Runs unit tests using the test runner specified in the project.";
 
-        public const string PackDefinition = "Creates a NuGet package";
+        public const string PackDefinition = "Creates a NuGet package.";
 
-        public const string MigrateDefinition = "Migrates a project.json based project to a msbuild based project";
+        public const string MigrateDefinition = "Migrates a project.json based project to a msbuild based project.";
 
         public const string ProjectModificationCommands = "Project modification commands";
 
-        public const string AddDefinition = "Add items to the project";
-        
-        public const string RemoveDefinition = "Remove items from the project";
+        public const string AddDefinition = "Add items to the project.";
+
+        public const string RemoveDefinition = "Remove items from the project.";
 
         public const string AdvancedCommands = "Advanced Commands";
 
-        public const string NugetDefinition = "Provides additional NuGet commands";
+        public const string NugetDefinition = "Provides additional NuGet commands.";
 
-        public const string MsBuildDefinition = "msbuilds a project and all of its dependencies";
+        public const string MsBuildDefinition = "Builds a project using MSBuild and all of its dependencies.";
 
-        public const string VsTestDefinition = "Runs tests from the specified files";
+        public const string VsTestDefinition = "Runs tests from the specified files.";
 
-        public const string CleanDefinition = "Clean build output(s)";
+        public const string CleanDefinition = "Clean build output(s).";
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-publish/LocalizableStrings.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-publish/LocalizableStrings.cs
index 620a7c950..e7c293b25 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-publish/LocalizableStrings.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-publish/LocalizableStrings.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
         public const string FrameworkOption = "FRAMEWORK";
 
-        public const string FrameworkOptionDescription = " Target framework to publish for. The target framework has to be specified in the project file.";
+        public const string FrameworkOptionDescription = "Target framework to publish for. The target framework has to be specified in the project file.";
 
         public const string RuntimeOption = "RUNTIME_IDENTIFIER";