diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9d69cac..f11d5e0 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ When using this library you automatically get:
 - XPath Selectors, for the faint at heart.
 - Mocked user-agent (like a real web browser).
 - Automatic following of redirects.
-- Connection–pooling and cookie persistience.
+- Connection–pooling and cookie persistence.
 - The Requests experience you know and love, with magical parsing abilities.
 
 .. Other nice features include:
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index a2e7987..a246ffb 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ When using this library you automatically get:
 - XPath Selectors, for the faint at heart.
 - Mocked user-agent (like a real web browser).
 - Automatic following of redirects.
-- Connection–pooling and cookie persistience.
+- Connection–pooling and cookie persistence.
 - The Requests experience you know and love, with magical parsing abilities.
 
 .. Other nice features include:
diff --git a/requests_html.py b/requests_html.py
index bf5e5ce..3bf91ac 100644
--- a/requests_html.py
+++ b/requests_html.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def user_agent(style=None):
 
 
 class HTMLSession(requests.Session):
-    """A consumable session, for cookie persistience and connection pooling,
+    """A consumable session, for cookie persistence and connection pooling,
     amongst other things.
     """