diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa66e7a..927b64d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "jsonwebtoken"
-version = "7.0.0"
+version = "7.0.0-alpha.1"
 authors = ["Vincent Prouillet <hello@vincentprouillet.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "Create and decode JWTs in a strongly typed way."
 homepage = "https://github.com/Keats/jsonwebtoken"
 repository = "https://github.com/Keats/jsonwebtoken"
-keywords = ["jwt", "web", "api", "token", "json", "jwk"]
+keywords = ["jwt", "web", "api", "token", "jwk"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1cbce6..ca53cae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 [API documentation on docs.rs](https://docs.rs/jsonwebtoken/)
 
-See [JSON Web Tokens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON_Web_Token) for more information on what are JSON Web Tokens.
+See [JSON Web Tokens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON_Web_Token) for more information on what JSON Web Tokens are.
 
 ## Installation
 Add the following to Cargo.toml: