diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING
index 55cad4b4d..887089849 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This project accepts contributions. In order to contribute, you should
 pay attention to a few things:
 
     1 - your code must follow the coding style rules
-    2 - the format of the submission must be Github pull requests
+    2 - the format of the submission must be GitHub pull requests
     3 - your work must be signed
 
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html
 Submitting Modifications:
 -------------------------
 
-The contributions must be Github pull requests.
+The contributions must be GitHub pull requests.
 
 Licensing for new files:
 ------------------------
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60f52bbf3..d225ed7c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ repo.
 If you want to become more active it is usually also a good idea to show up in
 the LXC IRC channel `#lxc-dev` on `Freenode`. We try to do all development out
 in the open and discussion of new features or bugs is done either in
-appropriate Github issues or on IRC.
+appropriate GitHub issues or on IRC.
 
 When thinking about making security critical contributions or substantial
 changes it is usually a good idea to ping the developers first and ask whether