diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c449672..f092658 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Repubmark
 =========
 
-A Markdown-inspired markup language that can be compiled into HTML and Gemtext.
+A Markdown-inspired markup language that may be compiled into HTML and Gemtext.
 
 
 
diff --git a/lib/repubmark.rb b/lib/repubmark.rb
index e91fdcf..fd21a47 100644
--- a/lib/repubmark.rb
+++ b/lib/repubmark.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ require_relative 'repubmark/elems/power'
 require_relative 'repubmark/elems/footnote'
 
 ##
-# A Markdown-inspired markup language that can be compiled into HTML and
+# A Markdown-inspired markup language that may be compiled into HTML and
 # Gemtext.
 #
 module Repubmark
diff --git a/repubmark.gemspec b/repubmark.gemspec
index ee763a7..ff53486 100644
--- a/repubmark.gemspec
+++ b/repubmark.gemspec
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.summary =
     'A Markdown-inspired markup language ' \
-    'that can be compiled into HTML and Gemtext'
+    'that may be compiled into HTML and Gemtext'
 
   spec.description = <<~DESCRIPTION.split("\n").map(&:strip).join ' '
-    A Markdown-inspired markup language that can be compiled into HTML and
+    A Markdown-inspired markup language that may be compiled into HTML and
     Gemtext
   DESCRIPTION