diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/propertyeditors/LocaleEditor.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/propertyeditors/LocaleEditor.java
index 29bf43af38562e632259eee6c708db71698b26c5..5a327f710e0cb2216d22d6f44d8015293fc0ffef 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/propertyeditors/LocaleEditor.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/propertyeditors/LocaleEditor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 /**
  * Editor for {@code java.util.Locale}, to directly populate a Locale property.
  *
- * <p>Expects the same syntax as Locale's {@code toString}, i.e. language +
+ * <p>Expects the same syntax as Locale's {@code toString()}, i.e. language +
  * optionally country + optionally variant, separated by "_" (e.g. "en", "en_US").
- * Also accepts spaces as separators, as alternative to underscores.
+ * Also accepts spaces as separators, as an alternative to underscores.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 26.05.2003
diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-validation.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-validation.adoc
index c21f142877c96ef28a81d2b9d80a5dc1b6cea0b1..9a1bac7d1c0a8a0eb41ff016d43026cb224922cc 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-validation.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-validation.adoc
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ the various `PropertyEditor` implementations that Spring provides:
 | `LocaleEditor`
 | Can resolve strings to `Locale` objects and vice-versa (the string format is
   `[language]\_[country]_[variant]`, same as the `toString()` method of
-  `Locale`). Also accepts spaces as separators, as alternative to underscores.
+  `Locale`). Also accepts spaces as separators, as an alternative to underscores.
   By default, registered by `BeanWrapperImpl`.
 
 | `PatternEditor`