diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1364f6fcb..b80d8342d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Example use cases include sophisticated network configuration, volume garbage co
 
 ### Runtime Developers
 
-Runtime developers can build runtime implementations that run OCI-compliant bundles and container configuration, containing low-level OS and host specific details, on a particular platform.
+Runtime developers can build runtime implementations that run OCI-compliant bundles and container configuration, containing low-level OS and host-specific details, on a particular platform.
 
 ## Releases
 
diff --git a/config.md b/config.md
index ea57d76db..c6cc45ccd 100644
--- a/config.md
+++ b/config.md
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ For Windows, see [mountvol][mountvol] and [SetVolumeMountPoint][set-volume-mount
 * **`noNewPrivileges`** (bool, OPTIONAL) setting `noNewPrivileges` to true prevents the processes in the container from gaining additional privileges.
   As an example, the ['no_new_privs'][no-new-privs] article in the kernel documentation has information on how this is achieved using a prctl system call on Linux.
 
-For Linux-based systems the process structure supports the following process specific fields.
+For Linux-based systems the process structure supports the following process-specific fields.
 
 * **`apparmorProfile`** (string, OPTIONAL) specifies the name of the AppArmor profile to be applied to processes in the container.
   For more information about AppArmor, see [AppArmor documentation][apparmor].
diff --git a/specs-go/config.go b/specs-go/config.go
index f260666a9..4139f9f70 100644
--- a/specs-go/config.go
+++ b/specs-go/config.go
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ type Spec struct {
 	// Annotations contains arbitrary metadata for the container.
 	Annotations map[string]string `json:"annotations,omitempty"`
 
-	// Linux is platform specific configuration for Linux based containers.
+	// Linux is platform-specific configuration for Linux based containers.
 	Linux *Linux `json:"linux,omitempty" platform:"linux"`
-	// Solaris is platform specific configuration for Solaris containers.
+	// Solaris is platform-specific configuration for Solaris containers.
 	Solaris *Solaris `json:"solaris,omitempty" platform:"solaris"`
-	// Windows is platform specific configuration for Windows based containers, including Hyper-V containers.
+	// Windows is platform-specific configuration for Windows based containers, including Hyper-V containers.
 	Windows *Windows `json:"windows,omitempty" platform:"windows"`
 }
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ type Hooks struct {
 	Poststop []Hook `json:"poststop,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// Linux contains platform specific configuration for Linux based containers.
+// Linux contains platform-specific configuration for Linux based containers.
 type Linux struct {
 	// UIDMapping specifies user mappings for supporting user namespaces on Linux.
 	UIDMappings []LinuxIDMapping `json:"uidMappings,omitempty"`
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ type LinuxDeviceCgroup struct {
 	Access string `json:"access,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// Solaris contains platform specific configuration for Solaris application containers.
+// Solaris contains platform-specific configuration for Solaris application containers.
 type Solaris struct {
 	// SMF FMRI which should go "online" before we start the container process.
 	Milestone string `json:"milestone,omitempty"`