diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c16d2072a..1b4f1001b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ contributors.
 
 ## Open an issue and pull request for changes
 
-All submissions, including those from project memebers, are required to go through
+All submissions, including those from project members, are required to go through
 review. We use GitHub Pull Requests for this workflow, which should be linked with
 an issue for tracking purposes.
-See [GitHub](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/) for more details.
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+See [GitHub](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/) for more details.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26e9cea8c..4b1ee8799 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Example hybrid security deployments utilizing F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP in conju
 ## Assets
 
 * **xc:**        F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP
-* **nap:**       NGINX Kubernetes Ingress Controller with NGINX App Protect (WAF and API Protection)
+* **nap:**       NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes with NGINX App Protect (WAF and API Protection)
 * **bigip:**     F5 BIG-IP (LTM and Advanced WAF)
 * **infra:**     AWS Infrastructure (VPC, IGW, etc.)
 * **eks:**       AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Example hybrid security deployments utilizing F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP in conju
   * AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: Your AWS Access Key ID - Environment Variable
   * AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: Your AWS Secret Access Key - Environment Variable
   * AWS_SESSION_TOKEN: Your AWS Session Token - Environment Variable
-  * NGINX_JWT: Your NGINX Java Web Token assocaited with your NGINX license. Set this to nignx-repo.jwt - Environment Variable
+  * NGINX_JWT: Your NGINX Java Web Token associated with your NGINX license. Set this to nginx-repo.jwt - Environment Variable
   * VOLT_API_P12_FILE: Your F5XC API certificate. Set this to api.p12 - Environment Variable
   * VES_P12_PASSWORD: Set this to the password you supplied when creating your F5 XC API key - Environment Variable
   * ssh_key: Your ssh key for access to created BIG-IP and compute assets - Terraform Variable
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Example hybrid security deployments utilizing F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP in conju
 * **Fork and Clone Repo**
 
 * **Actions Secrets:** Create the following GitHub Actions secrets in your forked repo
-  *  NGINX_JWT: The base64 encoded NGINX Java Web Token assocaited with your NGINX license
+  *  NGINX_JWT: The base64 encoded NGINX Java Web Token associated with your NGINX license
   *  P12: The base64 encoded F5XC API certificate
   *  TF_API_TOKEN: Your Terraform Cloud API token
   *  TF_CLOUD_ORGANIZATION: Your Terraform Cloud Organization name
@@ -88,21 +88,21 @@ Example hybrid security deployments utilizing F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP in conju
   | xc-nap | destroy-xc-nap |
   
 
-**STEP 2:** Rename infra/terraform.tfvars.examples to infra/terraform.tfvars and add the following data:
+**STEP 2:** Rename `infra/terraform.tfvars.examples` to `infra/terraform.tfvars` and add the following data:
   * project_prefix  = "Your project identifier - this will be applied as a prefix to all assets"
   * resource_owner = "You"
   * aws_region     = "AWS Region" ex. us-east-1
   * azs            = ["us-east-1a", "us-east1b"] - Change to Correct Availability Zones based on Region
 
 
-**STEP 3:** Rename bigip/terraform.tfvars.examples to bigip/terraform.tfvars and add the following data:
+**STEP 3:** Rename `bigip/terraform.tfvars.examples` to `bigip/terraform.tfvars` and add the following data:
   * f5_ami_search_name = "F5 BIGIP-16.1.3* PAYG-Adv WAF Plus 25Mbps*" - You must be subscribed to the AMI in the [AWS Marketplace](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace)
   * aws_secretmanager_auth = false
   * create_awaf_config = true
   * awaf_config_payload = "awaf-config.json"
 
 
-**Step 3:** Rename xc/terraform.tfvars.examples to xc/terraform.tfvars and add the following data:
+**Step 3:** Rename `xc/terraform.tfvars.examples` to `xc/terraform.tfvars` and add the following data:
   * api_url         = "Your F5XC tenant"
   * xc_namespace    = "The XC namespace you are deploying to"
   * app_domain      = "the FQDN of your app (cert will be autogenerated)"