diff --git a/doc/en/how-to/output.rst b/doc/en/how-to/output.rst
index 10784b8bb..3e401b3c6 100644
--- a/doc/en/how-to/output.rst
+++ b/doc/en/how-to/output.rst
@@ -270,16 +270,17 @@ situations, for example you are shown even fixtures that start with ``_`` if you
 Using higher verbosity levels (``-vvv``, ``-vvvv``, ...) is supported, but has no effect in pytest itself at the moment,
 however some plugins might make use of higher verbosity.
 
-Fine gain verbosity
+Fine-grained verbosity
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 In addition to specifying the application wide verbosity level, it is possible to control specific aspects independently.
 This is done by setting a verbosity level in the configuration file for the specific aspect of the output.
 
-``verbosity_assertions``: Controls how verbose the assertion output should be when pytest is executed. A value of ``2``
+:confval:`verbosity_assertions`: Controls how verbose the assertion output should be when pytest is executed. A value of ``2``
 would have the same output as the previous example, but each test inside the file is shown by a single character in the
 output.
 
+(Note: currently this is the only option available, but more might be added in the future).
 .. _`pytest.detailed_failed_tests_usage`:
 
 Producing a detailed summary report
diff --git a/src/_pytest/assertion/__init__.py b/src/_pytest/assertion/__init__.py
index 5cf0cfc34..8ffb32d9d 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/assertion/__init__.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/assertion/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser: Parser) -> None:
         "assertions",
         help=(
             "Specify a verbosity level for assertions, overriding the main level. "
-            "Higher levels will provide more a more detailed explanation when an assertion fails."
+            "Higher levels will provide more detailed explanation when an assertion fails."
         ),
     )
 
diff --git a/src/_pytest/assertion/truncate.py b/src/_pytest/assertion/truncate.py
index 8f4252d40..e6d870196 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/assertion/truncate.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/assertion/truncate.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Utilities for truncating assertion output.
 
 Current default behaviour is to truncate assertion explanations at
-terminal lines, unless running with a verbosity level of at least 2 or running on CI.
+terminal lines, unless running with an assertions verbosity level of at least 2 or running on CI.
 """
 from typing import List
 from typing import Optional