diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f5f3eeec..d27f013e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ $(build)/$(coreboot_dir)/bzImage: $(call outputs,linux)
 $(call outputs,coreboot): $(build)/$(coreboot_dir)/bzImage
 
 
-# The CoreBoot gcc won't work for us since it doesn't have libc
+# The coreboot gcc won't work for us since it doesn't have libc
 #XGCC := $(build)/$(coreboot_dir)/util/crossgcc/xgcc/
 #export CC := $(XGCC)/bin/x86_64-elf-gcc
 #export LDFLAGS := -L/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da50ce66..97c4c561 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Building heads
 
 Components:
 
-* CoreBoot
+* coreboot
 * Linux
 * busybox
 * kexec
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ algorithm.  You could store the hashes in the ROM, but that would
 not allow upgrades without rewriting the ROM.
 
 
-CoreBoot console messages
+coreboot console messages
 ---
-The CoreBoot console messages are stored in the CBMEM region
+The coreboot console messages are stored in the CBMEM region
 and can be read by the Linux payload with the `cbmem --console | less`
 command.  There is lots of interesting data about the state of the
 system.