diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/AbstractImageParser.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/AbstractImageParser.java
index b720d0a40..b1faf7277 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/AbstractImageParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/AbstractImageParser.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public static List<AbstractImageParser<?>> getAllImageParsers() {
     }
 
     public AbstractImageParser() {
-        // defaults to big endian
+        // defaults to big-endian
     }
 
     public AbstractImageParser(final ByteOrder byteOrder) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffFloatingPointMultivariableTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffFloatingPointMultivariableTest.java
index 46ad81692..eaed19110 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffFloatingPointMultivariableTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffFloatingPointMultivariableTest.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ private void applyTilePredictor(final int nRowsInBlock, final int nColsInBlock,
      * @param height the height of the overall image
      * @param nRowsInBlock the number of rows in the Strip or Tile
      * @param nColsInBlock the number of columns in the Strip or Tile
-     * @param byteOrder little-endian or big endian
+     * @param byteOrder little-endian or big-endian
      * @return a valid array of equally sized array.
      */
     private byte[][] getBytesForOutput32(
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffFloatingPointRoundTripTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffFloatingPointRoundTripTest.java
index a8a8f320a..fd676d564 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffFloatingPointRoundTripTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffFloatingPointRoundTripTest.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public TiffFloatingPointRoundTripTest() throws ImagingException, IOException {
      * @param height the height of the overall image
      * @param nRowsInBlock the number of rows in the Strip or Tile
      * @param nColsInBlock the number of columns in the Strip or Tile
-     * @param byteOrder little-endian or big endian
+     * @param byteOrder little-endian or big-endian
      * @return a valid array of equally sized array.
      */
     private byte[][] getBytesForOutput32(
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ private byte[][] getBytesForOutput32(
      * @param height the height of the overall image
      * @param nRowsInBlock the number of rows in the Strip or Tile
      * @param nColsInBlock the number of columns in the Strip or Tile
-     * @param byteOrder little-endian or big endian
+     * @param byteOrder little-endian or big-endian
      * @return a valid array of equally sized array.
      */
     private byte[][] getBytesForOutput64(
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffRoundTripInt32Test.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffRoundTripInt32Test.java
index 3c67587ea..b25f6ede2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffRoundTripInt32Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffRoundTripInt32Test.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public TiffRoundTripInt32Test() {
      * @param height the height of the overall image
      * @param nRowsInBlock the number of rows in the Strip or Tile
      * @param nColsInBlock the number of columns in the Strip or Tile
-     * @param byteOrder little-endian or big endian
+     * @param byteOrder little-endian or big-endian
      * @return a two-dimensional array of bytes dimensioned by the number of blocks and samples
      */
     private byte[][] getBytesForOutput32(
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffShortIntRoundTripTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffShortIntRoundTripTest.java
index 67e32073b..d48ee39c4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffShortIntRoundTripTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/formats/tiff/TiffShortIntRoundTripTest.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public TiffShortIntRoundTripTest() {
      * @param height the height of the overall image
      * @param nRowsInBlock the number of rows in the Strip or Tile
      * @param nColsInBlock the number of columns in the Strip or Tile
-     * @param byteOrder little-endian or big endian
+     * @param byteOrder little-endian or big-endian
      * @return a two-dimensional array of bytes dimensioned by the number of blocks and samples
      */
     private byte[][] getBytesForOutput16(