diff --git a/lms/templates/sysadmin_dashboard.html b/lms/templates/sysadmin_dashboard.html
index 4d4ec8bba8..043522e899 100644
--- a/lms/templates/sysadmin_dashboard.html
+++ b/lms/templates/sysadmin_dashboard.html
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ textarea {
 	</li>
   </ul>
   <div class="form-actions">
-        ## Translators: Github is a popular website for hosting code
-	<button type="submit" name="action" value="add_course">${_('Load new course from github')}</button>
+        ## Translators: GitHub is a popular website for hosting code
+	<button type="submit" name="action" value="add_course">${_('Load new course from GitHub')}</button>
   </div>
   <hr />
   <ul class="list-input">
diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index c527f1975b..02972e80ee 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def ensure_pr_fetch():
 
 def get_github_creds():
     """
-    Returns Github credentials if they exist, as a two-tuple of (username, token).
+    Returns GitHub credentials if they exist, as a two-tuple of (username, token).
     Otherwise, return None.
     """
     netrc_auth = requests.utils.get_netrc_auth("https://api.github.com")
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ def create_github_creds():
         "note": "edx-release",
         "scopes": ["repo"],
     }
-    username = raw_input("Github username: ")
-    password = getpass.getpass("Github password: ")
+    username = raw_input("GitHub username: ")
+    password = getpass.getpass("GitHub password: ")
     response = requests.post(
         "https://api.github.com/authorizations",
         auth=(username, password),
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def create_github_creds():
         if message != "Validation Failed":
             raise requests.exceptions.RequestException(message)
         else:
-            # A token called "edx-release" already exists on Github.
+            # A token called "edx-release" already exists on GitHub.
             # Delete it, and try again.
             token_id = get_github_auth_id(username, password, "edx-release")
             if token_id:
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def create_github_creds():
 
 def get_github_auth_id(username, password, note):
     """
-    Return the ID associated with the Github auth token with the given note.
+    Return the ID associated with the GitHub auth token with the given note.
     If no such auth token exists, return None.
     """
     response = requests.get(
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ def delete_github_auth_token(username, password, token_id):
 
 def ensure_github_creds(attempts=3):
     """
-    Make sure that we have Github OAuth credentials. This will check the user's
+    Make sure that we have GitHub OAuth credentials. This will check the user's
     .netrc file, as well as the ~/.config/edx-release file. If no credentials
     exist in either place, it will prompt the user to create OAuth credentials,
     and store them in ~/.config/edx-release.
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def ensure_github_creds(attempts=3):
         return False
 
     # Looks like we need to create the OAuth creds
-    print("We need to set up OAuth authentication with Github's API. "
+    print("We need to set up OAuth authentication with GitHub's API. "
           "Your password will not be stored.", file=sys.stderr)
     token = None
     for _ in range(attempts):
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def ensure_github_creds(attempts=3):
         else:
             break
     if token:
-        print("Successfully authenticated to Github", file=sys.stderr)
+        print("Successfully authenticated to GitHub", file=sys.stderr)
     if not token:
         print("Too many invalid authentication attempts.", file=sys.stderr)
         return False
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def get_merge_commit(commit, branch="master"):
 
 def get_pr_info(num):
     """
-    Returns the info from the Github API
+    Returns the info from the GitHub API
     """
     url = "https://api.github.com/repos/edx/edx-platform/pulls/{num}".format(num=num)
     username, token = get_github_creds()