diff --git a/Documentation/api.md b/Documentation/api.md
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@@ -357,9 +357,9 @@ curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:4001/v2/keys/dir/asdf\?consistent\=true\&wait\=true
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-### Atomic Compare-and-Swap (CAS)
+### Atomic Compare-and-Swap
 
-Etcd can be used as a centralized coordination service in a cluster and `CompareAndSwap` is the most basic operation used to build a distributed lock service.
+Etcd can be used as a centralized coordination service in a cluster and `CompareAndSwap` (CAS) is the most basic operation used to build a distributed lock service.
 
 This command will set the value of a key only if the client-provided conditions are equal to the current conditions.