diff --git a/docs/spec/concepts.rst b/docs/spec/concepts.rst
index 7d82930e..33a2044e 100644
--- a/docs/spec/concepts.rst
+++ b/docs/spec/concepts.rst
@@ -298,11 +298,11 @@ visualize this analogy in the following table:
    * - ``B`` is :term:`equivalent` to ``A``
      - ``B`` is :term:`consistent` with ``A``
 
-In addition to these analogous relations, we can also define equivalence on
-gradual types. Two gradual types ``A`` and ``B`` are equivalent (that is, the
-same gradual type, not merely consistent with one another) if and only if all
-materializations of ``A`` are also materializations of ``B``, and all
-materializations of ``B`` are also materializations of ``A``.
+We can also define equivalence on gradual types. Two gradual types ``A`` and
+``B`` are equivalent (that is, the same gradual type, not merely consistent
+with one another) if and only if all materializations of ``A`` are also
+materializations of ``B``, and all materializations of ``B`` are also
+materializations of ``A``.
 
 Attributes and methods
 ----------------------
diff --git a/docs/spec/generics.rst b/docs/spec/generics.rst
index 3ae51c78..e9acbecb 100644
--- a/docs/spec/generics.rst
+++ b/docs/spec/generics.rst
@@ -2020,9 +2020,9 @@ normal subscription rules, non-overridden defaults should be substituted.
 Using ``bound`` and ``default``
 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
 
-If both ``bound`` and ``default`` are passed, ``default`` must be a
-:term:`consistent subtype` of ``bound``. If not, the type checker should
-generate an error.
+If both ``bound`` and ``default`` are passed, ``default`` must be
+:term:`assignable` to ``bound``. If not, the type checker should generate an
+error.
 
 ::
 
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ constructions with subclasses:
         def ordinal_value(self) -> str:
             return as_ordinal(self.value)
 
-    # Should not be OK because LinkedList[int] is not a consistent subtype of
+    # Should not be OK because LinkedList[int] is not assignable to
     # OrdinalLinkedList, but the type checker allows it.
     xs = OrdinalLinkedList(value=1, next=LinkedList[int](value=2))
 
diff --git a/docs/spec/glossary.rst b/docs/spec/glossary.rst
index fc134eb7..6427dae7 100644
--- a/docs/spec/glossary.rst
+++ b/docs/spec/glossary.rst
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ This section defines a few terms that may be used elsewhere in the specification
 
    consistent
       Two :term:`fully static types <fully static type>` are "consistent with"
-      each other if they are the same type. Two gradual types are "consistent
-      with" each other if they could :term:`materialize` to the same type. See
-      :ref:`type-system-concepts`. If two types are consistent, they are both
-      :term:`assignable` to and from each other.
+      each other if they are :term:`equivalent`. Two gradual types are
+      "consistent with" each other if they could :term:`materialize` to the
+      same type. See :ref:`type-system-concepts`. If two types are consistent,
+      they are both :term:`assignable` to and from each other.
 
    consistent subtype
       "Consistent subtype" is synonymous with ":term:`assignable` to" (and