diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76eee05..40bbb6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class AsyncView(APIView):
         return await serializer.adata
 ```
 
-# Async generics
+# Async Generics
 
 models.py
 
diff --git a/adrf/shortcuts.py b/adrf/shortcuts.py
index cc1a58e..7c27cab 100644
--- a/adrf/shortcuts.py
+++ b/adrf/shortcuts.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 try:
     from django.shortcuts import aget_object_or_404
 except ImportError:
-    # NOTE aget_object_or_404 defined since Django 5.
+    # NOTE aget_object_or_404 is defined since Django 5.
     # This function will be removed when support for Django 4 is dropped.
     async def aget_object_or_404(klass, *args, **kwargs):
         """See get_object_or_404()."""
diff --git a/adrf/utils.py b/adrf/utils.py
index a8a49c8..97c0447 100644
--- a/adrf/utils.py
+++ b/adrf/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import inspect
 
 
-# NOTE This function has been taken from the python library and modified
+# NOTE This function was taken from the python library and modified
 # to allow an exclusion list and avoid recursion errors.
 def getmembers(object, predicate, exclude_names=[]):
     results = []