diff --git a/end_to_end_tests/golden-record/README.md b/end_to_end_tests/golden-record/README.md
index f5f4b1c1c..842ec628f 100644
--- a/end_to_end_tests/golden-record/README.md
+++ b/end_to_end_tests/golden-record/README.md
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ Things to know:
 1. Every path/method combo becomes a Python module with four functions:
     1. `sync`: Blocking request that returns parsed data (if successful) or `None`
     1. `sync_detailed`: Blocking request that always returns a `Request`, optionally with `parsed` set if the request was successful.
-    1. `asyncio`: Like `sync` but the async instead of blocking
-    1. `asyncio_detailed`: Like `sync_detailed` by async instead of blocking
+    1. `asyncio`: Like `sync` but async instead of blocking
+    1. `asyncio_detailed`: Like `sync_detailed` but async instead of blocking
 
 1. All path/query params, and bodies become method arguments.
 1. If your endpoint had any tags on it, the first tag will be used as a module name for the function (my_tag above)
diff --git a/openapi_python_client/templates/README.md.jinja b/openapi_python_client/templates/README.md.jinja
index e35cd252a..f17983d6a 100644
--- a/openapi_python_client/templates/README.md.jinja
+++ b/openapi_python_client/templates/README.md.jinja
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ Things to know:
 1. Every path/method combo becomes a Python module with four functions:
     1. `sync`: Blocking request that returns parsed data (if successful) or `None`
     1. `sync_detailed`: Blocking request that always returns a `Request`, optionally with `parsed` set if the request was successful.
-    1. `asyncio`: Like `sync` but the async instead of blocking
-    1. `asyncio_detailed`: Like `sync_detailed` by async instead of blocking
+    1. `asyncio`: Like `sync` but async instead of blocking
+    1. `asyncio_detailed`: Like `sync_detailed` but async instead of blocking
 
 1. All path/query params, and bodies become method arguments.
 1. If your endpoint had any tags on it, the first tag will be used as a module name for the function (my_tag above)