diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 550e6f95969479..7a0353233a1cc9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Yes, it's really all you need to get started as you can see in this live and int
 ## Questions
 
 For _how-to_ questions and other non-issues,
-please use [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/material-ui) instead of Github issues.
+please use [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/material-ui) instead of GitHub issues.
 There is a StackOverflow tag called "material-ui" that you can use to tag your questions.
 
 ## Examples
diff --git a/docs/src/pages/discover-more/showcase/appList.js b/docs/src/pages/discover-more/showcase/appList.js
index ad63178c7bb5ee..181b5041f89e19 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/discover-more/showcase/appList.js
+++ b/docs/src/pages/discover-more/showcase/appList.js
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ const appList = [
   },
   {
     title: 'Swimmy',
-    description: 'An open source forum PWA. 🇯🇵 (Github docs are in English)',
+    description: 'An open source forum PWA. 🇯🇵 (GitHub docs are in English)',
     image: 'swimmy.jpg',
     link: 'https://swimmy.io/',
     source: 'https://github.com/swimmy/swimmy.io',