diff --git a/bids/modeling/transformations/base.py b/bids/modeling/transformations/base.py
index 3cfc0693e..322c1045e 100644
--- a/bids/modeling/transformations/base.py
+++ b/bids/modeling/transformations/base.py
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def select_type(col):
 
             # Set as a new variable
             else:
-                # Either assign new name in order, or re-use existing one
+                # Either assign new name in order, or reuse existing one
                 if self.output is not None:
                     n_vars = len(self.variables)
                     n_output = len(self.output)
diff --git a/paper/paper.md b/paper/paper.md
index c1ab0725d..63b3394c4 100644
--- a/paper/paper.md
+++ b/paper/paper.md
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ deliberately designed with adoption in mind; it adheres to a user-focused
 philosophy that prioritizes common use cases and discourages complexity. By
 successfully encouraging a large and ever-growing subset of the community to
 adopt a common standard for naming and organizing files, BIDS has made it much
-easier for researchers to share, re-use, and process their data
+easier for researchers to share, reuse, and process their data
 [@Gorgolewski2017-cz].
 
 The ability to efficiently develop high-quality spec-compliant applications