diff --git a/docs/spec/api.md b/docs/spec/api.md
index 2f8e7a899..74ac8e24f 100644
--- a/docs/spec/api.md
+++ b/docs/spec/api.md
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ 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 e13d1513b..406eda5be 100644
--- a/docs/spec/api.md.tmpl
+++ b/docs/spec/api.md.tmpl
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ 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