diff --git a/source/utilities.tex b/source/utilities.tex
index 5087bc7290..d32220c7f6 100644
--- a/source/utilities.tex
+++ b/source/utilities.tex
@@ -5723,9 +5723,9 @@
 \end{codeblock}
 
 \pnum
-Any instance of \tcode{variant} at any given time either holds a value
+Any object of \tcode{variant} at any given time either holds a value
 of one of its alternative types or holds no value.
-When an instance of \tcode{variant} holds a value of alternative type \tcode{T},
+When an object of \tcode{variant} holds a value of alternative type \tcode{T},
 it means that a value of type \tcode{T}, referred to as the \tcode{variant}
 object's \defnx{contained value}{contained value!\idxcode{variant}},
 is nested within\iref{intro.object} the
@@ -7137,9 +7137,9 @@
 \end{codeblock}
 
 \pnum
-An object of class \tcode{any} stores an instance of any type that meets the constructor requirements or it has no value,
+An object of class \tcode{any} stores an object of any type that meets the constructor requirements or it has no value,
 and this is referred to as the \defn{state} of the class \tcode{any} object.
-The stored instance is called the \defnx{contained value}{contained value!\idxcode{any}}.
+The stored object is called the \defnx{contained value}{contained value!\idxcode{any}}.
 Two states are equivalent if either they both have no value, or they both have a value and the contained values are equivalent.
 
 \pnum