The author won't necessarily understand that there IS anything to fix, because they will assume too much prior knowledge, or they will use terms which they understand but others don't. That's one of the problems on the Wiki, some of the instructions don't really mean much to beginners.
For example if you say "become root" it is meaningless to beginners, but means something to experienced users. If you actually show the same process on a video, it means something to everyone because everyone can see how it works.