diff --git a/commons-rdf-api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/api/Quad.java b/commons-rdf-api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/api/Quad.java
index 99b9d9b0..6b9494cf 100644
--- a/commons-rdf-api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/api/Quad.java
+++ b/commons-rdf-api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/api/Quad.java
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
  * <p>
  * Note that <code>Quad</code> methods are not required to return object
  * identical (<code>==</code>) instances as long as they are equivalent
- * according to {@link Object#equals(Object)}. Specialisations of
+ * according to {@link Object#equals(Object)}. Specializations of
  * <code>Quad</code> may provide additional methods that are documented to be
  * mutable.
  * <p>
  * <code>Quad</code> methods are <strong>thread-safe</strong>, however
- * specialisations may provide additional methods that are documented to not be
+ * specializations may provide additional methods that are documented to not be
  * thread-safe.
  * <p>
  * <code>Quad</code>s can be safely used in hashing collections like
diff --git a/commons-rdf-api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/api/RDFTerm.java b/commons-rdf-api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/api/RDFTerm.java
index 870025be..7e1a9cf7 100644
--- a/commons-rdf-api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/api/RDFTerm.java
+++ b/commons-rdf-api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/api/RDFTerm.java
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@
  * and {@link Literal#getLanguageTag()}) will have consistent
  * {@link #equals(Object)} behavior.
  * <p>
- * Note that methods in <code>RDFTerm</code> and its Commons RDF specialisations
+ * Note that methods in <code>RDFTerm</code> and its Commons RDF specializations
  * {@link IRI}, {@link BlankNode} and {@link Literal} are not required to return
  * object identical (<code>==</code>) instances as long as they are equivalent
- * according to their {@link Object#equals(Object)}. Further specialisations may
+ * according to their {@link Object#equals(Object)}. Further specializations may
  * provide additional methods that are documented to be mutable.
  * <p>
- * Methods in <code>RDFTerm</code> and its Commons RDF specialisations
+ * Methods in <code>RDFTerm</code> and its Commons RDF specializations
  * {@link IRI}, {@link BlankNode} and {@link Literal} are
- * <strong>thread-safe</strong>, however further specialisations may add
+ * <strong>thread-safe</strong>, however further specializations may add
  * additional methods that are documented to not be thread-safe.
  * <p>
  * <code>RDFTerm</code>s can be safely used in hashing collections like
diff --git a/commons-rdf-api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/api/Triple.java b/commons-rdf-api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/api/Triple.java
index 4367883c..8c0a4ea0 100644
--- a/commons-rdf-api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/api/Triple.java
+++ b/commons-rdf-api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/api/Triple.java
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@
  * <p>
  * Note that <code>Triple</code> methods are not required to return object
  * identical (<code>==</code>) instances as long as they are equivalent
- * according to {@link RDFTerm#equals(Object)}. Specialisations of
+ * according to {@link RDFTerm#equals(Object)}. Specializations of
  * <code>Triple</code> may provide additional methods that are documented to be
  * mutable.
  * <p>
  * <code>Triple</code> methods are <strong>thread-safe</strong>, however
- * specialisations may provide additional methods that are documented to not be
+ * specializations may provide additional methods that are documented to not be
  * thread-safe.
  * <p>
  * <code>Triple</code>s can be safely used in hashing collections like
diff --git a/commons-rdf-jsonld-java/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/jsonldjava/JsonLdGraphLike.java b/commons-rdf-jsonld-java/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/jsonldjava/JsonLdGraphLike.java
index 431e95f8..32028b99 100644
--- a/commons-rdf-jsonld-java/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/jsonldjava/JsonLdGraphLike.java
+++ b/commons-rdf-jsonld-java/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/jsonldjava/JsonLdGraphLike.java
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public Stream<? extends T> stream() {
  * {@link JsonLdDataset}.
  *
  * @param <T>
- *            specialisation of {@link TripleLike}, e.g. {@link Triple} or
+ *            specialization of {@link TripleLike}, e.g. {@link Triple} or
  *            {@link org.apache.commons.rdf.api.Quad}
  */
 public interface JsonLdGraphLike<T extends TripleLike> extends GraphLike<T> {