diff --git a/source/locales.tex b/source/locales.tex
index 9c84d97398..d3b2403567 100644
--- a/source/locales.tex
+++ b/source/locales.tex
@@ -2358,9 +2358,9 @@
 implements a degenerate conversion;
 it does not convert at all.
 The specialization \tcode{codecvt<char16_t,} \tcode{char, mbstate_t>}
-converts between the UTF-16 and UTF-8 encoding schemes, and
+converts between the UTF-16 and UTF-8 encoding forms, and
 the specialization \tcode{codecvt} \tcode{<char32_t, char, mbstate_t>}
-converts between the UTF-32 and UTF-8 encoding schemes.
+converts between the UTF-32 and UTF-8 encoding forms.
 \tcode{codecvt<wchar_t,char,mbstate_t>}
 converts between the native character sets for narrow and wide characters.
 Specializations on