diff --git a/spec-docs/flexible-java-types.md b/spec-docs/flexible-java-types.md
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@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ Constructs in question: anything that provides an expected type, i.e.
 
 ## Warnings on nullability misuse
 
-A type loaded from Java is said to *bare* a `@Nullable`/`@NotNull` annotation when
+A type loaded from Java is said to *bear* a `@Nullable`/`@NotNull` annotation when
  - it's a return type a method so annotated;
  - it's a type of a field or a parameter so annotated;
  - it's a so annotated type (Java 8 and later).
 
-A value is `@Nullable`/`@NotNull` when its type bares such an annotation.
+A value is `@Nullable`/`@NotNull` when its type bears such an annotation.
 
 Inside this section, a value is *nullable*/*not-null* when
  - it's `@Nullable`/`@NotNull`, or