diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 8ed90a977..fb5a513b6 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -535,10 +535,10 @@ LIMITED_ROWS_TEST_NUMBER = 15
 # Format used for representing invalid unicode characters
 INVALID_UNICODE_CHAR_FORMAT = r"\?%02x"
 
-# Regular expression for SOAP-like POST data
+# Regular expression for SOAP POST data
 SOAP_RECOGNITION_REGEX = r"(?s)\A(<\?xml[^>]+>)?\s*<([^> ]+)( [^>]+)?>.+</\2.*>\s*\Z"
 
-# Regular expression used for detecting JSON-like POST data
+# Regular expression used for detecting JSON POST data
 JSON_RECOGNITION_REGEX = r'(?s)\A(\s*\[)*\s*\{.*"[^"]+"\s*:\s*("[^"]+"|\d+).*\}\s*(\]\s*)*\Z'
 
 # Regular expression used for detecting multipart POST data
diff --git a/lib/core/target.py b/lib/core/target.py
index 47d368ce2..6d111c296 100644
--- a/lib/core/target.py
+++ b/lib/core/target.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def _setRequestParams():
 
         if not (kb.processUserMarks and CUSTOM_INJECTION_MARK_CHAR in conf.data):
             if re.search(JSON_RECOGNITION_REGEX, conf.data):
-                message = "JSON like data found in %s data. " % conf.method
+                message = "JSON data found in %s data. " % conf.method
                 message += "Do you want to process it? [Y/n/q] "
                 test = readInput(message, default="Y")
                 if test and test[0] in ("q", "Q"):
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def _setRequestParams():
                     kb.postHint = POST_HINT.JSON
 
             elif re.search(SOAP_RECOGNITION_REGEX, conf.data):
-                message = "SOAP/XML like data found in %s data. " % conf.method
+                message = "SOAP/XML data found in %s data. " % conf.method
                 message += "Do you want to process it? [Y/n/q] "
                 test = readInput(message, default="Y")
                 if test and test[0] in ("q", "Q"):