diff --git a/semver.md b/semver.md
index fb25b8e..9239945 100644
--- a/semver.md
+++ b/semver.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ specified too loosely, you will inevitably be bitten by version promiscuity
 Dependency hell is where you are when version lock and/or version promiscuity
 prevent you from easily and safely moving your project forward.
 
-As a solution to this problem, we propose a simple set of rules and
+SemVer addresses this with a simple set of rules and
 requirements that dictate how version numbers are assigned and incremented.
 These rules are based on but not necessarily limited to pre-existing
 widespread common practices in use in both closed and open-source software.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ affecting the API increment the patch version, backward compatible API
 additions/changes increment the minor version, and backward incompatible API
 changes increment the major version.
 
-We call this system "Semantic Versioning." Under this scheme, version numbers
+Under this scheme, version numbers
 and the way they change convey meaning about the underlying code and what has
 been modified from one version to the next.