diff --git a/docs/reference/gio/gsettings.xml b/docs/reference/gio/gsettings.xml
index d7dc65db6..5f720d6e7 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gio/gsettings.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/gio/gsettings.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ the dconf database.
 <term><option>get</option></term>
 <listitem><para>
 Gets the value of <replaceable>KEY</replaceable>.
-The value is printed out as a serialised
+The value is printed out as a serialized
 <link linkend="GVariant"><type>GVariant</type></link>.
 </para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Queries the description of valid values for <replaceable>KEY</replaceable>.
 <term><option>set</option></term>
 <listitem><para>
 Sets the value of <replaceable>KEY</replaceable> to
-<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable>. The value is specified as a serialised
+<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable>. The value is specified as a serialized
 <link linkend="GVariant"><type>GVariant</type></link>.
 </para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/gvariant-varargs.xml b/docs/reference/glib/gvariant-varargs.xml
index cd9002ca5..bab12e31e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/gvariant-varargs.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/gvariant-varargs.xml
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
        <para>
         Used as a prefix for a GVariant type string (not a prefix for a format string, so <literal>&amp;s</literal> is
         a valid format string but <literal>&amp;@s</literal> is not).
-        Denotes that a C pointer to serialised data
+        Denotes that a C pointer to serialized data
         should be used in place of the normal C type.  See
         <link linkend='gvariant-format-strings-pointers'>Pointers</link> below.
        </para>
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ data = g_variant_new_parsed ("(%o, {'brightness': {'value': <%i>, 'max': <%i>}})
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    The '<code>&amp;</code>' character is used to indicate that serialised data should be directly exchanged via a
+    The '<code>&amp;</code>' character is used to indicate that serialized data should be directly exchanged via a
     pointer.
    </para>
    <para>
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ data = g_variant_new_parsed ("(%o, {'brightness': {'value': <%i>, 'max': <%i>}})
     '<literal>&amp;o</literal>' or '<code>&amp;g</code>').  For
     <link linkend='g-variant-new'><function>g_variant_new()</function></link> this has absolutely no effect.  The string
     is collected and duplicated normally.  For <link linkend='g-variant-get'><function>g_variant_get()</function></link>
-    it means that instead of creating a newly allocated copy of the string, a pointer to the serialised data is
+    it means that instead of creating a newly allocated copy of the string, a pointer to the serialized data is
     returned.  This pointer should not be freed.  Validity checks are performed to ensure that the string data will
     always be properly nul-terminated.
    </para>