diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f9be39c52..0f653ac02 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
beets
=====
-Beets is the media library management system for obsessive-compulsive music
-geeks.
+Beets is the media library management system for obsessive music geeks.
The purpose of beets is to get your music collection right once and for all.
It catalogs your collection, automatically improving its metadata as it goes.
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 4919147ce..62c87461b 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ beets: the music geek's media organizer
=======================================
Welcome to the documentation for `beets`_, the media library management system
-for obsessive-compulsive music geeks.
+for obsessive music geeks.
If you're new to beets, begin with the :doc:`guides/main` guide. That guide
walks you through installing beets, setting it up how you like it, and starting
diff --git a/test/rsrc/lyrics/examplecom/beetssong.txt b/test/rsrc/lyrics/examplecom/beetssong.txt
index 3bba9f702..c546dd602 100644
--- a/test/rsrc/lyrics/examplecom/beetssong.txt
+++ b/test/rsrc/lyrics/examplecom/beetssong.txt
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ e9.size = "120x600, 160x600";
John Doe beets song lyrics
- Send "beets song" Ringtone to your Cell 
Beets is the media library management system for obsessive-compulsive music geeks.
+ Send "beets song" Ringtone to your Cell 
Beets is the media library management system for obsessive music geeks.
The purpose of beets is to get your music collection right once and for all. It catalogs your collection, automatically improving its metadata as it goes. It then provides a bouquet of tools for manipulating and accessing your music.
Here's an example of beets' brainy tag corrector doing its thing:
diff --git a/test/rsrc/lyricstext.yaml b/test/rsrc/lyricstext.yaml
index 7ae1a70e7..af6b09877 100644
--- a/test/rsrc/lyricstext.yaml
+++ b/test/rsrc/lyricstext.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Song used by LyricsGooglePluginMachineryTest
Beets_song: |
- beets is the media library management system for obsessive-compulsive music geeks the purpose of
+ beets is the media library management system for obsessive music geeks the purpose of
beets is to get your music collection right once and for all it catalogs your collection
automatically improving its metadata as it goes it then provides a bouquet of tools for
manipulating and accessing your music here's an example of beets' brainy tag corrector doing its
|