diff --git a/language/golang/run-containers.md b/language/golang/run-containers.md
index 96609ee243..bd8f048567 100644
--- a/language/golang/run-containers.md
+++ b/language/golang/run-containers.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Hello, Docker! <3
 
 ## List containers
 
-Since we ran our container in the background, how do we know if our container is running or what other containers are running on our machine? Well, we can run the `docker ps` command. Just like on Linux, to see a list of processes on your machine we would run the `ps` command. In the same spirit, we can run the `docker ps` command which will show us a list of containers running on our machine.
+Since we ran our container in the background, how do we know if our container is running or what other containers are running on our machine? Well, to see a list of containers running on our machine, run `docker ps`. This is similar to how the ps command is used to see a list of processes on a Linux machine.
 
 ```console
 $ docker ps
diff --git a/language/nodejs/run-containers.md b/language/nodejs/run-containers.md
index a9e39d8fdd..86d7d4d192 100644
--- a/language/nodejs/run-containers.md
+++ b/language/nodejs/run-containers.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ $ curl --request POST \
 
 ## List containers
 
-Since we ran our container in the background, how do we know if our container is running or what other containers are running on our machine? Well, to see a list of containers running on our machine, run `docker ps`. This is similar to how ps command is used to see a list of processes on a Linux machine.
+Since we ran our container in the background, how do we know if our container is running or what other containers are running on our machine? Well, to see a list of containers running on our machine, run `docker ps`. This is similar to how the ps command is used to see a list of processes on a Linux machine.
 
 ```console
 $ docker ps
diff --git a/language/python/run-containers.md b/language/python/run-containers.md
index fd077a7100..aec75b73d2 100644
--- a/language/python/run-containers.md
+++ b/language/python/run-containers.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Hello, Docker!
 
 ## List containers
 
-Since we ran our container in the background, how do we know if our container is running or what other containers are running on our machine? Well, we can run the `docker ps` command. Just like on Linux to see a list of processes on your machine, we would run the `ps` command. In the same spirit, we can run the `docker ps` command which displays a list of containers running on our machine.
+Since we ran our container in the background, how do we know if our container is running or what other containers are running on our machine? Well, to see a list of containers running on our machine, run `docker ps`. This is similar to how the ps command is used to see a list of processes on a Linux machine.
 
 ```console
 $ docker ps