diff --git a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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--- a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+++ b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good fai
 
 ## Attribution
 
-This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 1.4, available at [http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4][version]
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 1.4, available at [http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4][version].
 
 [homepage]: http://contributor-covenant.org
 [version]: http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ Some changes do not require an RFC:
 
 ## What the process is
 
-When pull requests are opened against the specification or this repository, they may be
-tagged with an "RFC" tag ("RFC" from here forward). RFCs require the consensus of
-all team members (see below) to merge.
+When a pull request ("PR" from here forward) is opened against the specification or
+this repository, it may be tagged with an "RFC" tag ("RFC" from here forward).
+RFCs require the consensus of all team members (see below) to merge.
 
 ## The SemVer Team