diff --git a/dandi/cli/command.py b/dandi/cli/command.py
index 209c210e8..02c93f5c4 100644
--- a/dandi/cli/command.py
+++ b/dandi/cli/command.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def print_version(ctx, param, value):
 @click.option("--pdb", help="Fall into pdb if errors out", is_flag=True)
 @click.pass_context
 def main(ctx, log_level, pdb=False):
-    """A client to support interactions with a DANDI instance, such as the DANDI Archive (http://dandiarchive.org).
+    """A client to support interactions with DANDI instances, such as the DANDI Archive (http://dandiarchive.org).
 
     To see help for a specific command, run
 
diff --git a/dandi/dandiapi.py b/dandi/dandiapi.py
index f9bb4b10f..6e5142efa 100644
--- a/dandi/dandiapi.py
+++ b/dandi/dandiapi.py
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ def draft_version(self) -> Version:
     @property
     def api_path(self) -> str:
         """
-        The path (relative to the base endpoint for a DANDI API) at
+        The path (relative to the base endpoint for the DANDI API) at
         which API requests for interacting with the Dandiset itself are made
         """
         return f"/dandisets/{self.identifier}/"
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ def api_url(self) -> str:
     @property
     def version_api_path(self) -> str:
         """
-        The path (relative to the base endpoint for a DANDI instance API) at
+        The path (relative to the base endpoint for the DANDI API) at
         which API requests for interacting with the version in question of the
         Dandiset are made
         """
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ def from_base_data(
     @property
     def api_path(self) -> str:
         """
-        The path (relative to the base endpoint for the DANDI instance API) at
+        The path (relative to the base endpoint for the DANDI API) at
         which API requests for interacting with the asset itself are made
         """
         return f"/assets/{self.identifier}/"
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ def digest_type(self) -> models.DigestType:
         """
         .. versionadded:: 0.36.0
 
-        The primary digest algorithm used by the DANDI instance for the asset,
+        The primary digest algorithm used by DANDI for the asset,
         determined based on its underlying data: dandi-etag for blob resources,
         dandi-zarr-checksum for Zarr resources
         """
@@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@ def from_data(
     @property
     def api_path(self) -> str:
         """
-        The path (relative to the base endpoint for a DANDI instance API) at
+        The path (relative to the base endpoint for the DANDI API) at
         which API requests for interacting with the asset itself are made
         """
         return f"/dandisets/{self.dandiset_id}/versions/{self.version_id}/assets/{self.identifier}/"
diff --git a/dandi/dandiarchive.py b/dandi/dandiarchive.py
index 6a394b720..afffe4450 100644
--- a/dandi/dandiarchive.py
+++ b/dandi/dandiarchive.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """
 This module provides functionality for parsing URLs and other resource
-identifiers for Dandisets & assets on DANDI instance servers and for fetching
+identifiers for Dandisets & assets on DANDI instances and for fetching
 the objects to which the URLs refer.  See :ref:`resource_ids` for a list of
 accepted URL formats.
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 @dataclass
 class ParsedDandiURL(ABC):
     """
-    Parsed representation of a URL pointing to a DANDI instance resource
+    Parsed representation of a URL pointing to a DANDI resource
     (Dandiset or asset(s)).  Subclasses must implement `get_assets()`.
 
     Most methods take a ``client: DandiAPIClient`` argument, which must be a
diff --git a/dandi/exceptions.py b/dandi/exceptions.py
index 92e7ff160..01cd63c69 100644
--- a/dandi/exceptions.py
+++ b/dandi/exceptions.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class OrganizeImpossibleError(ValueError):
 
 
 class UnknownURLError(ValueError):
-    """Given url is not known to correspond to DANDI Archive schema(s)"""
+    """Given url is not known to correspond to DANDI schema(s)"""
 
     pass
 
diff --git a/docs/source/modref/dandiapi.rst b/docs/source/modref/dandiapi.rst
index 529fd998a..8212711d0 100644
--- a/docs/source/modref/dandiapi.rst
+++ b/docs/source/modref/dandiapi.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ``dandi.dandiapi``
 ==================
 
-This module provides functionality for interacting with a DANDI instance server
+This module provides functionality for interacting with a DANDI instance
 via the REST API.  Interaction begins with the creation of a `DandiAPIClient`
 instance, which can be used to retrieve `RemoteDandiset` objects (representing
 Dandisets on the server) and `BaseRemoteAsset` objects (representing assets
diff --git a/docs/source/modref/index.rst b/docs/source/modref/index.rst
index 89572c7f7..373b48502 100644
--- a/docs/source/modref/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/modref/index.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Such interfaces mirror :ref:`Command-Line Interfaces <chap_cmdline>`.
 Mid-level user interfaces
 ==========================
 
-These interfaces provide object-oriented interfaces to manipulate Dandisets and assets on a DANDI instance.
+Object-oriented interfaces to manipulate Dandisets and assets on a DANDI instance.
 
 .. toctree::
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ These interfaces provide object-oriented interfaces to manipulate Dandisets and
 Low-level user interfaces
 =========================
 
-Low level interfaces to e.g. interact with the DANDI instance REST API and files directly.
+Low level interfaces to e.g. interact with the DANDI REST API and files directly.
 
 .. toctree::