diff --git a/design/20190708.certificate-request-crd.md b/design/20190708.certificate-request-crd.md
index f05a753ed..63fa49711 100644
--- a/design/20190708.certificate-request-crd.md
+++ b/design/20190708.certificate-request-crd.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: Certificate Request CRD
 authors:
   - "@joshvanl"
   - "@munnerz"
-owning-sig: cert-manager TODO: << ?? :shrug:
 reviewers:
   - "@joshvanl"
   - "@munnerz"
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ This proposal adds a new custom resource `CertificateRequest` that contains an
 x509 certificate signing request, a target issuer, and other metadata about the
 request. Each issuer will have their own `CertificateRequest` controller to
 watch for resources that are referencing them. The `Certificate` controller will
-then rely on creating `CertificateRequest`s to resolve it's own Spec.
+then rely on creating `CertificateRequest`s to resolve its own Spec.
 
 ## Motivation
 
@@ -94,9 +93,12 @@ same code base and repository.
 - This proposal does not document or explore possible or planned integrations
   using this new functionality.
 - This proposal will not investigate possible alignment or merging with the
-  Kubernetes internal `CertificateSigningRequest` resource.
-
-TODO: maybe we do want to talk about this as a possibility @munnerz
+  Kubernetes internal `CertificateSigningRequest` resource. Although is is of
+  interest, the motivation is mostly in order to get a built-in approval workflow
+  for CertificateRequests. The feasibility of being able to implement a solution
+  using the built-in type in the near future however is small, so we'd rather
+  'trail-blaze' here and then try and fold our changes back upstream at a later
+  date.
 
 ## Proposal
 
@@ -170,13 +172,14 @@ enables namespacing of references to different issuers of external API groups.
 
 ### Controller Behaviour
 
-The philociphy for the `CertificateRequest` controllers are planned to be as
-minimal as possible in that the single goal of them is to enable it's owning
+The philosophy for the `CertificateRequest` controllers are planned to be as
+minimal as possible in that the single goal of them is to enable its owning
 `Issuer` to create the resulting certificate. Once a sync on a
 `CertificateRequest` has been observed, the general flow is as follows:
 
 - Check the group belongs to the owning `Issuer`, exit if not.
-- Check if `CertificateRequest` is in a failed state, exit if true.
+- Check if `CertificateRequest` is in a failed state, exit if true. TODO: more
+  tightly define what a 'failed state' exactly is.
 - Check the `Issuer` type is of the same type, exit if not.
 - Verify the Spec of the `CertificateRequest`.
 - If a certificate exits then update the status if needed and exit.
@@ -195,21 +198,26 @@ implementation details TBD.
 
 ### Internal API Resource Behaviour
 
-The group name of `IssuerRef` inside `CertificateRequest`s are to be defaulted
+The group name of `IssuerRef` inside `CertificateRequest`s is to be defaulted
 to "certmanager.k8s.io" if the field is empty, using a mutating webhook. This
 means that if unspecified, `CertificateRequest` objects will be put into the
 ownership of the default pool of issuers in the cert-manager project.
 
+Until the mutating webhook is fully implemented, we will handle defaulting
+internally in the controller.
+
 ### Test Plan
 
 Standard unit and end-to-end tests will be used to verify new behaviour, as used
-by cert-manager currently.
+by cert-manager currently. Current end-to-end tests for `Certificate` resources
+will also give a good signal for `CertificateRequest`s once the controller has
+migrated its implementation.
 
 ### Risks and Mitigations
 
 The introduction and consequently the reliance on this core resource for all
 cert-manager functions means it poses a high risk to bugs or unexpected behaviour
-appearing accross the whole codebase. With this, it is key to ensure the change
+appearing across the whole codebase. With this, it is key to ensure the change
 happens in incremental roll-outs and proper care is taken during testing.
 
 The new resource could be potentially confusing for current cert-manager