Docker-DCO-1.1-Signed-off-by: Fred Lifton <fred.lifton@docker.com> (github: fredfl)

docs/sources/installation/windows.md

@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@ page_description: Docker installation on Microsoft Windows
 page_keywords: Docker, Docker documentation, Windows, requirements, virtualbox, boot2docker
 
 # Windows
+> **Note:**
+> Docker has been tested on Windows 7.1 and 8; it may also run on older versions.
 
-Docker Engine runs on Windows using a lightweight virtual machine. There
-is no native Windows Docker client yet, so everything is done inside the virtual
-machine.
 
-To make this process easier we designed a helper application called
-[Boot2Docker](https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker) to install the
-virtual machine and run the Docker daemon.
+The Docker Engine uses Linux-specific kernel features, so to run it on OS X
+we need to use a lightweight virtual machine (vm).  You use the OS X Docker client to
+control the virtualized Docker Engine to build, run, and manage Docker containers.
+
+To make this process easier, we've designed a helper application called
+[Boot2Docker](https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker) that installs the
+virtual machine and runs the Docker daemon.
 
 ## Demonstration
 
@@ -19,8 +22,8 @@ virtual machine and run the Docker daemon.
 ## Installation
 
 1. Download the latest release of the [Docker for Windows Installer](https://github.com/boot2docker/windows-installer/releases)
-2. Run the installer, which will install VirtualBox, MSYS-git, the boot2docker Linux ISO and the
-   Boot2Docker management tool.
+2. Run the installer, which will install VirtualBox, MSYS-git, the boot2docker Linux ISO,
+and the Boot2Docker management tool.
    ![](/installation/images/windows-installer.png)
 3. Run the `Boot2Docker Start` shell script from your Desktop or Program Files > Docker.
    The Start script will ask you to enter an ssh key passphrase - the simplest
@@ -46,19 +49,18 @@ virtual machine and run the Docker daemon.
 
 ## Running Docker
 
-Boot2Docker will log you in automatically so you can start using Docker
-right away.
+Boot2Docker will log you in automatically so you can start using Docker right away.
 
 Let's try the “hello world” example. Run
 
     $ docker run busybox echo hello world
 
-This will download the small busybox image and print hello world.
+This will download the small busybox image and print "hello world".
 
 
 # Further Details
 
-The Boot2Docker management tool provides some commands:
+The Boot2Docker management tool provides several commands:
 
     $ ./boot2docker
     Usage: ./boot2docker [<options>] {help|init|up|ssh|save|down|poweroff|reset|restart|config|status|info|delete|download|version} [<args>]
@@ -66,8 +68,7 @@ The Boot2Docker management tool provides some commands:
 
 ## Container port redirection
 
-The latest version of `boot2docker` sets up a host only
-network adaptor on which the container's ports will be exposed.
+The latest version of `boot2docker` sets up a host only network adaptor which provides access to the container's ports.
 
 If you run a container with an exposed port:
 
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ to you using:
 
     boot2docker ip
 
-Typically, it is `192.168.59.103`, but it can change.
+Typically, it is 192.168.59.103, but it could get changed by Virtualbox's DHCP
+implementation.
 
 For further information or to report issues, please see the [Boot2Docker site](http://boot2docker.io)