diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 2d519dadb..852c62d41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ Deprecations:
   This will remove the confusing error message if you write your own ``__init__`` and forget to initialize some attribute.
   Instead you will get a straightforward ``AttributeError``.
   In other words: decorated classes will work more like plain Python classes which was always ``attrs``'s goal.
-- The serious business aliases ``attr.attributes`` and ``attr.attr`` have been deprecated in favor of ``attr.attrs`` and ``attr.attrib`` which are much more consistent and frankly obvious in hindsight.
+- The serious-business aliases ``attr.attributes`` and ``attr.attr`` have been deprecated in favor of ``attr.attrs`` and ``attr.attrib`` which are much more consistent and frankly obvious in hindsight.
   They will be purged from documentation immediately but there are no plans to actually remove them.
 
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d10bd3ca4..9f197ea7a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Simply assign ``attrs.field()`` to the attributes instead of annotating them wit
 ----
 
 This example uses ``attrs``'s modern APIs that have been introduced in version 20.1.0, and the ``attrs`` package import name that has been added in version 21.3.0.
-The classic APIs (``@attr.s``, ``attr.ib``, plus their serious business aliases) and the ``attr`` package import name will remain **indefinitely**.
+The classic APIs (``@attr.s``, ``attr.ib``, plus their serious-business aliases) and the ``attr`` package import name will remain **indefinitely**.
 
 Please check out `On The Core API Names <https://www.attrs.org/en/latest/names.html>`_ for a more in-depth explanation.
 
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 37392ee49..a273d19c2 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Classic
 
    .. note::
 
-      ``attrs`` also comes with a serious business alias ``attr.attrs``.
+      ``attrs`` also comes with a serious-business alias ``attr.attrs``.
 
    For example:
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Classic
 
    .. note::
 
-      ``attrs`` also comes with a serious business alias ``attr.attrib``.
+      ``attrs`` also comes with a serious-business alias ``attr.attrib``.
 
    The object returned by `attr.ib` also allows for setting the default and the validator using decorators:
 
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ It behaves similarly to `sys.version_info` and is an instance of `VersionInfo`:
 
 ----
 
-The serious business aliases used to be called ``attr.attributes`` and ``attr.attr``.
+The serious-business aliases used to be called ``attr.attributes`` and ``attr.attr``.
 There are no plans to remove them but they shouldn't be used in new code.
 
 .. autofunction:: assoc
diff --git a/docs/names.rst b/docs/names.rst
index 5aa00afa7..8fb59c306 100644
--- a/docs/names.rst
+++ b/docs/names.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ They are only available in Python 3.6 and later.
 Sometimes they're referred to as *next-generation* or *NG* APIs.
 As of ``attrs`` 21.3.0 you can also import them from the ``attrs`` package namespace.
 
-The traditional APIs `attr.s` / `attr.ib`, their serious business aliases ``attr.attrs`` / ``attr.attrib``, and the never-documented, but popular ``attr.dataclass`` easter egg will stay **forever**.
+The traditional APIs `attr.s` / `attr.ib`, their serious-business aliases ``attr.attrs`` / ``attr.attrib``, and the never-documented, but popular ``attr.dataclass`` easter egg will stay **forever**.
 
 ``attrs`` will **never** force you to use type annotations.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_next_gen.py b/tests/test_next_gen.py
index 8395f9c02..1f13de0aa 100644
--- a/tests/test_next_gen.py
+++ b/tests/test_next_gen.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 """
-Python 3-only integration tests for provisional next generation APIs.
+Python 3-only integration tests for provisional next-generation APIs.
 """
 
 import re