diff --git a/docs/en/05_Contributing/12_JavaScript_Coding_Conventions.md b/docs/en/05_Contributing/12_JavaScript_Coding_Conventions.md
index ee8e14450..bb7e97f27 100644
--- a/docs/en/05_Contributing/12_JavaScript_Coding_Conventions.md
+++ b/docs/en/05_Contributing/12_JavaScript_Coding_Conventions.md
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ as well as the [AirBnB React Conventions](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/t
 A lot of their rules can be validated via [ESLint](http://eslint.org/),
 and can be checked locally via `npm run lint`.
 
+## Spelling
+
+All symbols and documentation should use UK-English spelling (e.g. "behaviour" instead of "behavior"),
+except when necessitated by third party conventions (e.g using "color" for CSS styles).
+
 ## File and Folder Naming
 
 - All frontend files (CSS, JavaScript, images) should be placed in
diff --git a/docs/en/05_Contributing/14_PHP_Coding_Conventions.md b/docs/en/05_Contributing/14_PHP_Coding_Conventions.md
index d3fa3f308..63612242f 100644
--- a/docs/en/05_Contributing/14_PHP_Coding_Conventions.md
+++ b/docs/en/05_Contributing/14_PHP_Coding_Conventions.md
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ linefeed combination (CRLF) as is standard for the Windows OS (0x0D, 0x0A).
 
 Class, function, variable and constant names may only contain alphanumeric characters and underscores.
 
+## Spelling
+
+All symbols and documentation should use UK-English spelling (e.g. "behaviour" instead of "behavior"),
+except when necessitated by third party conventions (e.g using PHP's `Serializable` interface).
+
 ### Classes
 
 Class and filenames are in `UpperCamelCase` format: