diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-tls13-ciphers.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-tls13-ciphers.md
index 56a1088ecd..bba29d8b14 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-tls13-ciphers.md
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-tls13-ciphers.md
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Read up on TLS 1.3 cipher suite details on this URL:
 
 https://curl.se/docs/ssl-ciphers.html
 
-This option is used when curl is built to use OpenSSL 1.1.1 or higher,
-Schannel, wolfSSL, or mbedTLS 3.6.0 or higher.
+This option is used when curl is built to use OpenSSL 1.1.1 or greater,
+Schannel, wolfSSL, or mbedTLS 3.6.0 or greater.
 
 Before curl 8.10.0 with mbedTLS or wolfSSL, TLS 1.3 cipher suites were set
 by using the --proxy-ciphers option.
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-tlsv1.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-tlsv1.md
index 20643fd82b..2233c8dff3 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-tlsv1.md
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-tlsv1.md
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ Example:
 # `--proxy-tlsv1`
 
 Use at least TLS version 1.x when negotiating with an HTTPS proxy. That means
-TLS version 1.0 or higher
+TLS version 1.0 or greater
 
 Equivalent to --tlsv1 but for an HTTPS proxy context.
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/pubkey.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/pubkey.md
index 373d113c3f..8880a4fc36 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/pubkey.md
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/pubkey.md
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ file.
 curl attempts to automatically extract the public key from the private key
 file, so passing this option is generally not required. Note that this public
 key extraction requires libcurl to be linked against a copy of libssh2 1.2.8
-or higher that is itself linked against OpenSSL. (Added in 7.39.0.)
+or greater that is itself linked against OpenSSL. (Added in 7.39.0.)