diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 34973539..ac4304f0 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ o CSV-161:  Fix Javadoc to say CSVFormat with() methods return a new CSVFormat.
 CHANGES
 ============
 
-o CSV-167:  Comment line hides next record; update Javadoc to make behaviour clear. Thanks to Rene.
+o CSV-167:  Comment line hides next record; update Javadoc to make behavior clear. Thanks to Rene.
 o CSV-153:  CSVPrinter doesn't skip creation of header record if skipHeaderRecord is set to true. Thanks to Wren.
 
 
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 2fa93696..4ff7e17e 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     <release version="1.3" date="2016-05-09" description="Feature and bug fix release (Java 6)">
       <action issue="CSV-179" type="add" dev="britter">Add shortcut method for using first record as header to CSVFormat</action>
       <action issue="CSV-180" type="add" dev="britter">Add withHeader(Class&lt;? extends Enum&gt;) to CSVFormat</action>
-      <action issue="CSV-167" type="update" dev="sebb" due-to="Rene">Comment line hides next record; update Javadoc to make behaviour clear</action>
+      <action issue="CSV-167" type="update" dev="sebb" due-to="Rene">Comment line hides next record; update Javadoc to make behavior clear</action>
       <action issue="CSV-153" type="update" dev="britter" due-to="Wren">CSVPrinter doesn't skip creation of header record if skipHeaderRecord is set to true</action>
       <action issue="CSV-159" type="add" dev="ggregory" due-to="Yamil Medina">Add IgnoreCase option for accessing header names</action>
       <action issue="CSV-169" type="add" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">The null string should be case-sensitive when reading records</action>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVFormat.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVFormat.java
index 1c0e2d4d..98f57241 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVFormat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVFormat.java
@@ -1688,9 +1688,9 @@ public final class CSVFormat implements Serializable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns a new {@code CSVFormat} with duplicate header names behaviour set to the given value.
+     * Returns a new {@code CSVFormat} with duplicate header names behavior set to the given value.
      * 
-     * @return a new {@code CSVFormat} with duplicate header names behaviour set to the given value
+     * @return a new {@code CSVFormat} with duplicate header names behavior set to the given value
      */
     public CSVFormat withAllowDuplicateHeaderNames(final boolean allowDuplicateHeaderNames) {
     	return new CSVFormat(delimiter, quoteCharacter, quoteMode, commentMarker, escapeCharacter,
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParserTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParserTest.java
index 10bb3c54..14293bc2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParserTest.java
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ public class CSVParserTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testEmptyLineBehaviourCSV() throws Exception {
+    public void testEmptyLineBehaviorCSV() throws Exception {
         final String[] codes = { "hello,\r\n\r\n\r\n", "hello,\n\n\n", "hello,\"\"\r\n\r\n\r\n", "hello,\"\"\n\n\n" };
         final String[][] res = { { "hello", "" } // CSV format ignores empty lines
         };
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ public class CSVParserTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testEmptyLineBehaviourExcel() throws Exception {
+    public void testEmptyLineBehaviorExcel() throws Exception {
         final String[] codes = { "hello,\r\n\r\n\r\n", "hello,\n\n\n", "hello,\"\"\r\n\r\n\r\n", "hello,\"\"\n\n\n" };
         final String[][] res = { { "hello", "" }, { "" }, // Excel format does not ignore empty lines
                 { "" } };
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ public class CSVParserTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testEndOfFileBehaviourExcel() throws Exception {
+    public void testEndOfFileBehaviorExcel() throws Exception {
         final String[] codes = { "hello,\r\n\r\nworld,\r\n", "hello,\r\n\r\nworld,", "hello,\r\n\r\nworld,\"\"\r\n",
                 "hello,\r\n\r\nworld,\"\"", "hello,\r\n\r\nworld,\n", "hello,\r\n\r\nworld,",
                 "hello,\r\n\r\nworld,\"\"\n", "hello,\r\n\r\nworld,\"\"" };