diff --git a/cpp/QrCode.hpp b/cpp/QrCode.hpp
index 445170d..82107a5 100644
--- a/cpp/QrCode.hpp
+++ b/cpp/QrCode.hpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public:
 	
 	
 	/* 
-	 * Returns a QR Code segment representing the given Unicode text string.
+	 * Returns a QR segment representing the given Unicode text string.
 	 */
 	static QrSegment encodeTextToSegment(const char *text);
 	
diff --git a/java/io/nayuki/qrcodegen/QrCode.java b/java/io/nayuki/qrcodegen/QrCode.java
index 304e2df..d04cf7b 100644
--- a/java/io/nayuki/qrcodegen/QrCode.java
+++ b/java/io/nayuki/qrcodegen/QrCode.java
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ public final class QrCode {
 	
 	
 	/**
-	 * Returns a QR Code segment representing the specified Unicode text string.
+	 * Returns a QR segment representing the specified Unicode text string.
 	 * @param text the text to be encoded, which can be any Unicode string
-	 * @return a QR Code representing the text
+	 * @return a QR segment containing the text
 	 * @throws NullPointerException if the text is {@code null}
 	 */
 	public static QrSegment encodeTextToSegment(String text) {
diff --git a/python/qrcodegen.py b/python/qrcodegen.py
index bd674c8..eeda106 100644
--- a/python/qrcodegen.py
+++ b/python/qrcodegen.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def encode_text(text, ecl):
 	
 
 def encode_text_to_segment(text):
-	"""Returns a QR Code segment representing the given Unicode text string."""
+	"""Returns a QR segment representing the given Unicode text string."""
 	if not isinstance(text, str) and (sys.version_info[0] >= 3 or not isinstance(text, unicode)):
 		raise TypeError("Text string expected")
 	# Select the most efficient segment encoding automatically