diff --git a/django/http/utils.py b/django/http/utils.py
index d08a9e02376..f98ca93a37a 100644
--- a/django/http/utils.py
+++ b/django/http/utils.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Functions that modify an HTTP request or response in some way.
 # This group of functions are run as part of the response handling, after
 # everything else, including all response middleware. Think of them as
 # "compulsory response middleware". Be careful about what goes here, because
-# it's a little fiddly to override this behaviour, so they should be truly
+# it's a little fiddly to override this behavior, so they should be truly
 # universally applicable.
 
 def fix_location_header(request, response):
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def fix_location_header(request, response):
     Ensures that we always use an absolute URI in any location header in the
     response. This is required by RFC 2616, section 14.30.
 
-    Code constructing response objects is free to insert relative paths and
+    Code constructing response objects is free to insert relative paths, as
     this function converts them to absolute paths.
     """
     if 'Location' in response and request.get_host():
@@ -31,4 +31,3 @@ def conditional_content_removal(request, response):
     if request.method == 'HEAD':
         response.content = ''
     return response
-