diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e30f1b0..939e253 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ Inlined STM8S SPL (STM8S103) for use with SDCC
 This is probably against the license, but who cares.
 
 SDCC does not support --gc-sections, so we have to either use #ifdef's 
-and compile switches to remove unused crap, or inline it.
+and compile switches to remove unused code, or inline it.
 
 Here I inlined all of the SPL that's useful for stm8s103 (except the flash file -
-there's lots of crap I don't understand, so you'll do better just keeping it
+there's lots of stuff I don't understand, so you'll do better just keeping it
 intact or re-implementing it).
 
 This is intended to be used with SDCC on linux.
 
-**The CMakeLists file is for CLion to stop bitching about missing includes and fake syntax errors.
+**The CMakeLists file is for CLion to stop whining about missing includes and fake syntax errors.
 It's not used for building. Remove the .clion suffix if you want to use it**