diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index dba10dd..13bd706 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Prerequisites
 - Imlib2 requires the X11/Xlib.h header and links against some X11 libraries,
   at least on GNU/Linux with X11 GUI, thus X11 shared libraries and development
   headers are required for ssocr, too, although ssocr does not use X11 itself
-- Build tools, e.g. build-essential on a Debian (or Ubuntu) system.
+- Build tools, e.g., build-essential on a Debian (or Ubuntu) system.
 - To build a .deb package, you probably need the debhelper package.
 
 Additional Makefile Targets
@@ -93,6 +93,6 @@ https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~auerswal/ssocr/
 
 Third Party Packages
 --------------------
-There exist third party packaging efforts for e.g. GNU/Linux distributions
+There exist third party packaging efforts for, e.g., GNU/Linux distributions
 and FreeBSD. Thus you can search the packaging system of your distribution
 for an ssocr package.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 44fc9be..e45d95c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ as well), Mac OS X (Homebrew can be used to install the library Imlib2,
 used by ssocr), and even on Windows (using Cygwin). ssocr should work
 on any UNIX-like or POSIX compatible operating system.
 
-Unless ssocr is installed via some packaging system, e.g. from a GNU/Linux
+Unless ssocr is installed via some packaging system, e.g., from a GNU/Linux
 distribution, it is distributed in source form and needs to be built
 before it can be used. See the INSTALL file for instructions on how to
 build ssocr.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ quotes).
 You can get the current ssocr version from the official ssocr website:
 https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~auerswal/ssocr/
 (Links to ssocr should point to the official website, not to a convenience
-copy of the development repository, e.g. on GitHub.)
+copy of the development repository, e.g., on GitHub.)
 
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 increasingly Google blocks emails sent by me, so if you do not receive