diff --git a/php/src/Desec/DesecManager.php b/php/src/Desec/DesecManager.php
index fe2dbd65..f6bb7531 100644
--- a/php/src/Desec/DesecManager.php
+++ b/php/src/Desec/DesecManager.php
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class DesecManager {
      *
      * When a specific slug is requested and creation fails because the name is unavailable
      * (HTTP 400/409) or the account's domain limit is reached (HTTP 403), the domain may
-     * already belong to this very account — a user re-using a slug they registered earlier.
+     * already belong to this very account — a user reusing a slug they registered earlier.
      * In that case we reuse the existing domain instead of failing, so an existing-account
      * login can point AIO at a domain the user already owns. (deSEC returns 400 when a name
      * conflicts with another user's zone and 403 once the per-account domain limit is hit;
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ class DesecManager {
     /**
      * Checks whether the authenticated account already owns the given domain.
      *
-     * Used to recover from a failed creation when the user is re-using a slug they
+     * Used to recover from a failed creation when the user is reusing a slug they
      * registered earlier: GET /domains/{name}/ returns 200 only for a domain the
      * token's account owns, 404 otherwise.
      *
diff --git a/php/tests/tests/desec-existing-slug.spec.js b/php/tests/tests/desec-existing-slug.spec.js
index 87a938db..01f1bfbe 100644
--- a/php/tests/tests/desec-existing-slug.spec.js
+++ b/php/tests/tests/desec-existing-slug.spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
 import { DESEC_MOCK_URL, logInToContainersPage } from './desec-helpers.js';
 
-// Exercises re-using a slug the user already owns on an existing deSEC account. This is the
+// Exercises reusing a slug the user already owns on an existing deSEC account. This is the
 // case that previously failed: deSEC answers POST /domains/ with 403 "Domain limit exceeded"
 // (the account is at its domain quota) even though the user owns the very slug they typed.
 // DesecManager now recovers by checking GET /domains/{name}/ and reusing the owned domain.