diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08d5af19..c90eba92 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Other Style Guides
     ```
 
   <a name="objects--rest-spread"></a>
-  - [3.8](#objects--rest-spread) Prefer the object spread operator over [`Object.assign`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/assign) to shallow-copy objects. Use the object rest operator to get a new object with certain properties omitted. eslint: [`prefer-object-spread`](https://eslint.org/docs/rules/prefer-object-spread)
+  - [3.8](#objects--rest-spread) Prefer the object spread syntax over [`Object.assign`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/assign) to shallow-copy objects. Use the object rest operator to get a new object with certain properties omitted. eslint: [`prefer-object-spread`](https://eslint.org/docs/rules/prefer-object-spread)
 
     ```javascript
     // very bad
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ Other Style Guides
     ```
 
   <a name="functions--spread-vs-apply"></a><a name="7.14"></a>
-  - [7.14](#functions--spread-vs-apply) Prefer the use of the spread operator `...` to call variadic functions. eslint: [`prefer-spread`](https://eslint.org/docs/rules/prefer-spread)
+  - [7.14](#functions--spread-vs-apply) Prefer the use of the spread syntax `...` to call variadic functions. eslint: [`prefer-spread`](https://eslint.org/docs/rules/prefer-spread)
 
     > Why? It’s cleaner, you don’t need to supply a context, and you can not easily compose `new` with `apply`.
 
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/es6.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/es6.js
index 02c616da..835afdd3 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/es6.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/es6.js
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ module.exports = {
     // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/prefer-rest-params
     'prefer-rest-params': 'error',
 
-    // suggest using the spread operator instead of .apply()
+    // suggest using the spread syntax instead of .apply()
     // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/prefer-spread
     'prefer-spread': 'error',