diff --git a/docs/spec/api.md b/docs/spec/api.md
index c4517c0b4..68028e79f 100644
--- a/docs/spec/api.md
+++ b/docs/spec/api.md
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ enforce this. The rules for a repository name are as follows:
    must match the regular expression `[a-z0-9]+(?:[._-][a-z0-9]+)*`.
 2. If a repository  name has two or more path components, they must be
    separated by a forward slash ("/").
-3. The total length of a repository name, including slashes, must be less the
+3. The total length of a repository name, including slashes, must be less than
    256 characters.
 
 These name requirements _only_ apply to the registry API and should accept a
diff --git a/docs/spec/api.md.tmpl b/docs/spec/api.md.tmpl
index eeafec1ea..97dd9f639 100644
--- a/docs/spec/api.md.tmpl
+++ b/docs/spec/api.md.tmpl
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ enforce this. The rules for a repository name are as follows:
    must match the regular expression `[a-z0-9]+(?:[._-][a-z0-9]+)*`.
 2. If a repository  name has two or more path components, they must be
    separated by a forward slash ("/").
-3. The total length of a repository name, including slashes, must be less the
+3. The total length of a repository name, including slashes, must be less than
    256 characters.
 
 These name requirements _only_ apply to the registry API and should accept a