diff --git a/pipeline/inputs/kafka.md b/pipeline/inputs/kafka.md
index a0c83b97d..68fb7d860 100644
--- a/pipeline/inputs/kafka.md
+++ b/pipeline/inputs/kafka.md
@@ -1,37 +1,38 @@
 # Kafka
 
-The Kafka input plugin allows subscribing to one or more Kafka topics to collect messages from an [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) service.
-This plugin uses the official [librdkafka C library](https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka) \(built-in dependency\).
+The _Kafka_ input plugin subscribes to one or more Kafka topics to collect messages from an [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) service.
 
-## Configuration Parameters
+This plugin uses the official [librdkafka C library](https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka) as a built-in dependency.
+
+## Configuration parameters
 
 | Key | Description | default |
 | :--- | :--- | :--- |
-| brokers | Single or multiple list of Kafka Brokers, e.g: 192.168.1.3:9092, 192.168.1.4:9092. |  |
-| topics | Single entry or list of topics separated by comma \(,\) that Fluent Bit will subscribe to. |  |
-| format | Serialization format of the messages. If set to "json", the payload will be parsed as json. | none  |
-| client\_id | Client id passed to librdkafka. | |
-| group\_id | Group id passed to librdkafka. | fluent-bit |
-| poll\_ms | Kafka brokers polling interval in milliseconds. | 500 |
-| Buffer\_Max\_Size | Specify the maximum size of buffer per cycle to poll kafka messages from subscribed topics. To increase throughput, specify larger size. | 4M |
-| rdkafka.{property} | `{property}` can be any [librdkafka properties](https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md) |  |
-| threaded | Indicates whether to run this input in its own [thread](../../administration/multithreading.md#inputs). | `false` |
+| `brokers` | Single or multiple list of Kafka Brokers. For example: `192.168.1.3:9092`, `192.168.1.4:9092`. | _none_ |
+| `topics` | Single entry or list of comma-separated topics (`,`) that Fluent Bit will subscribe to. | _none_ |
+| `format` | Serialization format of the messages. If set to `json`, the payload will be parsed as JSON. | _none_ |
+| `client_id` | Client id passed to librdkafka. | _none_ |
+| `group_id` | Group id passed to librdkafka. | `fluent-bit` |
+| `poll_ms` | Kafka brokers polling interval in milliseconds. | `500` |
+| `Buffer_Max_Size` | Specify the maximum size of buffer per cycle to poll Kafka messages from subscribed topics. To increase throughput, specify larger size. | `4M` |
+| `rdkafka.{property}` | `{property}` can be any [librdkafka properties](https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md) | _none_ |
+| `threaded` | Indicates whether to run this input in its own [thread](../../administration/multithreading.md#inputs). | `false` |
 
-## Getting Started
+## Get started
 
-In order to subscribe/collect messages from Apache Kafka, you can run the plugin from the command line or through the configuration file:
+To subscribe to or collect messages from Apache Kafka, run the plugin from the command line or through the configuration file:
 
-### Command Line
+### Command line
 
-The **kafka** plugin can read parameters through the **-p** argument \(property\), e.g:
+The Kafka plugin can read parameters through the `-p` argument (property):
 
-```text
-$ fluent-bit -i kafka -o stdout -p brokers=192.168.1.3:9092 -p topics=some-topic
+```shell
+fluent-bit -i kafka -o stdout -p brokers=192.168.1.3:9092 -p topics=some-topic
 ```
 
-### Configuration File
+### Configuration file
 
-In your main configuration file append the following _Input_ & _Output_ sections:
+In your main configuration file append the following `Input` and `Output` sections:
 
 ```text
 [INPUT]
@@ -44,10 +45,9 @@ In your main configuration file append the following _Input_ & _Output_ sections
     Name        stdout
 ```
 
-#### Example of using kafka input/output plugins
+#### Example of using Kafka input and output plugins
 
-The Fluent Bit source repository contains a full example of using Fluent Bit to
-process Kafka records:
+The Fluent Bit source repository contains a full example of using Fluent Bit to process Kafka records:
 
 ```text
 [INPUT]
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ process Kafka records:
     topics fb-sink
 ```
 
-The above will connect to the broker listening on `kafka-broker:9092` and subscribe to the `fb-source` topic, polling for new messages every 100 milliseconds.
+The previous example will connect to the broker listening on `kafka-broker:9092` and subscribe to the `fb-source` topic, polling for new messages every 100 milliseconds.
 
-Since the payload will be in json format, we ask the plugin to automatically parse the payload with `format json`.
+Since the payload will be in JSON format, the plugin is configured to parse the payload with `format json`.
 
 Every message received is then processed with `kafka.lua` and sent back to the `fb-sink` topic of the same broker.
 
-The example can be executed locally with `make start` in the `examples/kafka_filter` directory (docker/compose is used).
+The example can be executed locally with `make start` in the `examples/kafka_filter` directory (`docker/compose` is used).
diff --git a/vale-styles/FluentBit/Spelling-exceptions.txt b/vale-styles/FluentBit/Spelling-exceptions.txt
index 00d01f7ab..435ca9fa7 100644
--- a/vale-styles/FluentBit/Spelling-exceptions.txt
+++ b/vale-styles/FluentBit/Spelling-exceptions.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Kube
 Kubernetes
 Kusto
 labelset
+librdkafka
 loadgenerator
 Logstash
 Lua