diff --git a/docs/physical_layer.rst b/docs/physical_layer.rst
index 06273ad..6db2219 100644
--- a/docs/physical_layer.rst
+++ b/docs/physical_layer.rst
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ The LICH chunks allow for late listening and indepedent decoding to
 check destination address. The goal is to require less complexity to
 decode just the LICH and check if the full message should be decoded.
 
-Extended Golay code (24,12)
+Extended Golay(24,12) code
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The extended Golay (24,12) encoder uses generating polynomial *g* given below to generate the 11
+The extended Golay(24,12) encoder uses generating polynomial *g* given below to generate the 11
 check bits. The check bits and an additional parity bit are appended to
 the 12 bit data, resulting in a 24 bit codeword. The resulting code is systematic,
 meaning that the input data (message) is embedded in the codeword.