diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/codec/DecodingException.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/codec/DecodingException.java
index 094bad6ba1..3cf4b62f3e 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/codec/DecodingException.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/codec/DecodingException.java
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 package org.springframework.core.codec;
 
 /**
- * Indicates an issue with decoding the input stream with the focus on indicating
- * a content issue such as a parse failure. As opposed to a more general I/O
+ * Indicates an issue with decoding the input stream with a focus on content
+ * related issues such as a parse failure. As opposed to more general I/O
  * errors, illegal state, or a {@link CodecException} such as a configuration
  * issue that a {@link Decoder} may choose to raise.
  *
- * <p>For example in a web application, a server side {@code DecodingException}
- * would translate to a response with a 400 (bad input) status while
+ * <p>For example in server web application, a {@code DecodingException} would
+ * translate to a response with a 400 (bad input) status while
  * {@code CodecException} would translate to 500 (server error) status.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/codec/EncodingException.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/codec/EncodingException.java
index e1eab9683b..f987adb1c3 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/codec/EncodingException.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/codec/EncodingException.java
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ package org.springframework.core.codec;
 
 /**
  * Indicates an issue with encoding the input Object stream with a focus on
- * indicating the Objects cannot be encoded. As opposed to a more general
- * {@link CodecException} such as a configuration issue that an {@link Encoder}
- * may also choose to raise.
+ * not being able to encode Objects. As opposed to a more general I/O errors
+ * or a {@link CodecException} such as a configuration issue that an
+ * {@link Encoder} may also choose to raise.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 5.0