Abstract: A document crowdsourced proofreading system and method are disclosed that includes enabling a user to activate the system when the user identifies a potential error in a document, and to select a portion of the document containing the potential error. The system also determines the author of the document, and generates a potential error message to be sent to the identified author. A proofreading database maintains records of previously identified potential errors. The system determines if the potential error has previously been reported to the author by using the proofreading database. If the potential error has not previously been reported to the author, the system sends the potential error message to the author, and records in the proofreading database that the potential error in the document has been reported to the author. The system can send the error message to the author using a messaging system of the computing environment.