diff --git a/docs/INSTALL-CMAKE.md b/docs/INSTALL-CMAKE.md
index 342ebe3d9d..3a5191147d 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL-CMAKE.md
+++ b/docs/INSTALL-CMAKE.md
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ We recommend using CMake to build curl with MSVC.
 The project build files reside in project/Windows/VC\* for VS2010, VS2012 and
 VS2013.
 
-These CMake Visual Studio generators require CMake v3.24 or older. You can
+These CMake Visual Studio generators require CMake v3.24 or lower. You can
 download them from <https://cmake.org/files/v3.24/>.
 
 You can also use `-G "NMake Makefiles"`, which is supported by all CMake
diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.c b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
index 43b7cbf1d3..84660ab72a 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
@@ -4148,7 +4148,7 @@ static CURLcode ossl_connect_step2(struct Curl_cfilter *cf,
 
 #if !defined(HAVE_KEYLOG_UPSTREAM) && !defined(HAVE_KEYLOG_CALLBACK)
   /* If key logging is enabled, wait for the handshake to complete and then
-   * proceed with logging secrets (for TLS 1.2 or older).
+   * proceed with logging secrets (for TLS 1.2 or lower).
    */
   if(Curl_tls_keylog_enabled() && !octx->keylog_done)
     ossl_log_tls12_secret(octx->ssl, &octx->keylog_done);
diff --git a/lib/vtls/wolfssl.c b/lib/vtls/wolfssl.c
index d809e513ba..9d85435221 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/wolfssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/wolfssl.c
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ static CURLcode wssl_handshake(struct Curl_cfilter *cf, struct Curl_easy *data)
 #ifdef OPENSSL_EXTRA
   if(Curl_tls_keylog_enabled()) {
     /* If key logging is enabled, wait for the handshake to complete and then
-     * proceed with logging secrets (for TLS 1.2 or older).
+     * proceed with logging secrets (for TLS 1.2 or lower).
      *
      * During the handshake (ret==-1), wolfSSL_want_read() is true as it waits
      * for the server response. At that point the master secret is not yet