diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 660658be..110a8cf4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $ go get google.golang.org/grpc
 Prerequisites
 -------------
 
-This requires Go 1.5 or later .
+This requires Go 1.5 or later.
 
 Constraints
 -----------
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index b65f8c5e..6ea6b35f 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ For this sample, we've already generated the server and client stubs from [hello
 PREREQUISITES
 -------------
 
-- This requires Go 1.4
+- This requires Go 1.5 or later
 - Requires that [GOPATH is set](https://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH)
 
 ```