diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 690f0e9e..8476a888 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ More information about this crate can be found in the [crate documentation][docs
 handle(Request) -> Response`.
 - Solid foundation. axum is built on top of [tower] and [hyper] and makes it
 easy to plug in any middleware from the [tower] and [tower-http] ecosystem.
-- Focus on routing, extracting data from requests, and generating responses.
+This improves modularity since axum doesn't have its own custom
+middleware system.
+- Focus on routing, extracting data from requests, and building responses.
 tower middleware can handle the rest.
 - Macro free core. Macro frameworks have their place but axum focuses
 on providing a core that is macro free.
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 521cb657..63624ad5 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 //! handle(Request) -> Response`.
 //! - Solid foundation. axum is built on top of [tower] and [hyper] and makes it
 //! easy to plug in any middleware from the [tower] and [tower-http] ecosystem.
-//! This improves compatibility since axum doesn't have its own custom
+//! This improves modularity since axum doesn't have its own custom
 //! middleware system.
 //! - Focus on routing, extracting data from requests, and building responses.
 //! tower middleware can handle the rest.