diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44c0117..360704f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ Using the Parser
 
 Using the generated parser is simple — just call its `parse` method and pass an
 input string as a parameter. The method will return a parse result (the exact
-value depends on the grammar used to build the parser) or throw an exception if
-the input is invalid. The exception will contain `location`, `expected` and
+value depends on the grammar used to generate the parser) or throw an exception
+if the input is invalid. The exception will contain `location`, `expected` and
 `message` properties with more details about the error.
 
     parser.parse("abba"); // returns ["a", "b", "b", "a"]
diff --git a/spec/api/pegjs-api.spec.js b/spec/api/pegjs-api.spec.js
index 3241470..caf82d2 100644
--- a/spec/api/pegjs-api.spec.js
+++ b/spec/api/pegjs-api.spec.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 describe("PEG.js API", function() {
   describe("generate", function() {
-    it("builds a parser", function() {
+    it("generates a parser", function() {
       var parser = peg.generate('start = "a"');
 
       expect(typeof parser).toBe("object");