diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex
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@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ simply purchased on the installment plan rather than in whole.  Thus, we must
 assume no works of software will fall into the public domain merely due to
 the passage of time.
 
-Nevertheless, under US law it is likely that the typical
+Nevertheless, under USA law it is likely that the typical
 disclaimers of copyright or public domain dedications we see in the
 Free Software world would be interpreted by courts as copyright
 abandonment, leading to a situation in which the user effectively receives a
@@ -425,9 +425,9 @@ maximum grant of copyright freedoms, similar to a maximally-permissive
 Free Software license.
 
 The best example of software known to truly be in the public domain is software
-that is published by the US government.  Under
+that is published by the USA government.  Under
 \href{http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/105}{17 USC 101 \S~105}, all
-works published by the USA Government are not copyrightable in the US.
+works published by the USA Government are not copyrightable in the USA.
 
 \subsection{Why Copyright Free Software?}
 
