diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66b8de2..1930e35 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Service Container
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-The service container is a lightweight framework that provides the ability to build micro-services. It contains a built-in Http server and utilizes both [Akka](http://akka.io/) and [Spray](http://spray.io/) at it's core.
+The service container is a lightweight framework that provides the ability to build microservices. It contains a built-in Http server and utilizes both [Akka](http://akka.io/) and [Spray](http://spray.io/) at it's core.
 The service container is fully SaaS ready as it provides functionality for recording metrics and for tracking the health of your service.
 
 There are a few sub-projects in this repository and here is a list of those currently available.
diff --git a/service-container-examples/KafkaConsumerExample.scala b/service-container-examples/KafkaConsumerExample.scala
index 111d425..3b10b88 100644
--- a/service-container-examples/KafkaConsumerExample.scala
+++ b/service-container-examples/KafkaConsumerExample.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import com.sclasen.akka.kafka.{AkkaConsumer, AkkaConsumerProps, StreamFSM}
 import kafka.serializer.DefaultDecoder
 
 /**
- * This is an example of how to use the container for a micro-service that is a consumer of Kafka messages.
+ * This is an example of how to use the container for a microservice that is a consumer of Kafka messages.
  * The example does NOT run standalone as it is an example and depends on an environment where this a running
  * Zookeeper and Kafka instances.
  * See https://github.com/sclasen/akka-kafka for more information on the consumer.