diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 0452db2..1d9f06b 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -370,9 +370,8 @@
 . `Acked-by:` says that the person who is more familiar with the area
   the patch attempts to modify liked the patch.
 . `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by the
-  reviewer and means that she is completely satisfied that the patch
-  is ready for application.  It is usually offered only after a
-  detailed review.
+  reviewers themselves when they are completely satisfied with the
+  patch after a detailed analysis.
 . `Tested-by:` is used to indicate that the person applied the patch
   and found it to have the desired effect.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index ab103c8..48cf37b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@
 You will have to bypass the "must fast-forward" rule in order to
 replace the history you originally published with the rebased history.
 If somebody else built on top of your original history while you are
-rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with her
-commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose her work.
+rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with their
+commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose their work.
 +
 This option allows you to say that you expect the history you are
 updating is what you rebased and want to replace. If the remote ref
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index fd480b8..2983e3b 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -2789,7 +2789,7 @@
 
 In some cases it is possible that the new head will *not* actually be
 a descendant of the old head.  For example, the developer may have
-realized she made a serious mistake, and decided to backtrack,
+realized a serious mistake was made and decided to backtrack,
 resulting in a situation like:
 
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