diff --git a/topics/quality-gate.xml b/topics/quality-gate.xml
index fef26335..05dfc44a 100644
--- a/topics/quality-gate.xml
+++ b/topics/quality-gate.xml
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@
 
     <var name="protectionrule" value="repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/defining-the-mergeability-of-pull-requests/managing-a-branch-protection-rule"/>
 
-    <p><emphasis>Quality gate</emphasis> are quality control techniques that let you
-        control your code quality and build software that meets your quality expectations. If a quality gate condition
-        fails, %product% terminates using exit code 255, which makes a CI/CD workflow or pipeline fail. For example, if
-        a quality gate for a project is set to 10 problems and code coverage is set to 40%, a build workflow will fail
-        if %product% detects either an eleventh problem or code coverage below the 40% threshold. </p>
+    <p><emphasis>Quality gates</emphasis> are techniques that let you control your code quality and build software that
+        meets your quality expectations. If a quality gate condition fails, %product% terminates using exit code 255,
+        which makes a CI/CD workflow or pipeline fail. For example, if a quality gate for a project is set to 10 problems
+        and code coverage is set to 40%, a build workflow will fail if %product% detects either an eleventh problem or
+        code coverage below the 40% threshold.</p>
 
     <p>The terms <emphasis>quality gate</emphasis>, <emphasis>threshold</emphasis> and <emphasis>fail threshold</emphasis>
         are used interchangeably.</p>
 
-    <p>You can configure a single quality gate for an entire project, multiple quality gates for each separate
-        <a href="faq.xml" anchor="faq-severities">problem severity</a>, and
+    <p>You can configure a single quality gate for the total number of project problems, multiple quality gates for
+        each separate <a href="faq.xml" anchor="faq-severities">problem severity</a>, and
         <a href="code-coverage.md">code coverage</a> thresholds as explained in the table below.</p>
 
     <table>
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
 
         <p>%product% follows these rules:</p>
         <list>
-            <li>Given a <a anchor="quality-gate-project-threshold">project quality gate</a> of <emphasis>A</emphasis>, when finding <emphasis>A</emphasis> problems, the run will succeed. When finding <emphasis>A+1</emphasis> problems, the run will fail.</li>
+            <li>Given a <a anchor="quality-gate-project-threshold">total quality gate</a> of <emphasis>A</emphasis>, when finding <emphasis>A</emphasis> problems, the run will succeed. When finding <emphasis>A+1</emphasis> problems, the run will fail.</li>
             <li>Given a <a anchor="quality-gate-severity-threshold">severity quality gate</a> of <emphasis>B</emphasis>, when finding <emphasis>B</emphasis> problems, the run will succeed. When finding <emphasis>B+1</emphasis> problems, the run will fail.</li>
-            <li>Given a <a anchor="quality-gate-code-coverage">code coverage threshold</a> of <emphasis>C</emphasis>, when <emphasis>C%</emphasis> of lines are covered, the run will succeed. If only <emphasis>C-1%</emphasis> are covered, the run will fail.</li>
+            <li>Given a <a anchor="quality-gate-code-coverage">code coverage quality gate</a> of <emphasis>C</emphasis>, when <emphasis>C%</emphasis> of lines are covered, the run will succeed. If only <emphasis>C-1%</emphasis> are covered, the run will fail.</li>
         </list>
 
             <tip>If you configure a quality gate and <a href="baseline.xml">baseline</a> together, you'll be able to keep the number
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
     </chapter>
 
-    <chapter id="quality-gate-project-threshold" title="Project quality gate">
+    <chapter id="quality-gate-project-threshold" title="Total problems">
 
         <p>You can configure a single quality gate for the entire project using the <code>fail-threshold</code> option
             available in all %product% <a href="linters.md">linters</a>, see examples below.</p>
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
         </code>
     </chapter>
 
-    <chapter id="quality-gate-severity-threshold" title="Severity quality gate">
+    <chapter id="quality-gate-severity-threshold" title="Severity-specific problems">
 
             <p>All <a href="linters.md">linters</a> except <a href="qodana-dotnet-community.md"/> let you configure
                 separate quality gates for each <a href="faq.xml" anchor="faq-severities">problem severity</a>, and